[jakear]

Is there a better option for raw base tilesets? When making my app mapping world tides (https://solunar.pages.dev) I tried OSM for instance but it only had raster tiles at LoDPI resolutions available. ESRI on the other hand had full vector support in a variety of formats^ and provided great docs for integrating with FOSS rendering toolkits. The free tier seems generous, though once it runs out the price increases sharply.

^ For instance, a really neat one that renders ocean features in as much detail as the land typically gets

[kabes]

Load osm data in postgres and generate the tiles yourself with something like geoserver/mapserver

[dagw]

The cost and effort of deploying something like that in production is decidedly non-trivial. I know because I've done it. Unless you need the customization and flexibility such a solution offers, it's rarely worth it.

[samstave]

If there is one thing I want AI to accomplish ;;

Have an AI crawl a RASTER dataset and VECTORIZE all lines into SVG.

[dinkumthinkum]

Well, the main other player here is Mapbox.

[jakear]

Mapbox's free tier is an order of magnitude less permissive. They even charge for loading their JavaScript: $5 per kiloload! Feels like the best approach if I'm not trying to commercialize is just to encourage people to self-host using their own API key.

Assuming the service ever even gets to 2M tile requests/month. That alone would be quite the accomplishment.

Though with Gaia going to hell, something new needs to come along.