[lagrange77]

I'm almost too afraid to ask, but is WebGL rendering really necessary for displaying an interactive 2D vector map as opposed to using SVG or Canvas?

Is it, because sth. like a full street network layer would degrade performance too quickly?

[bdon]

If you want to display infinite fractional zoom levels, WebGL is mandatory. That's what most consumers will expect from a high fidelity map application, because that's the way Google and Apple Maps work.

[basicplus2]

High Fidelity.. Pity their road names don't zoom up to some degree.. it is so hard to read the road names, that as an old bugger i need a magnifying glass..

[spiekerooger]

Not vector but raster with leaflet: would https://www.osmap.uk/larger-text/ (as an example) help in reading road names?

[lagrange77]

Infinite fractional zoom levels, right thanks.

[Aeolun]

I think running stuff like that on the GPU is just more efficient than running it on anything else.