2024: announcing the year of the OpenStreetMap vector maps | OpenStreetMap Blog (blog.openstreetmap.org)

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[-] InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

What does this mean? Whats going to change for contributors or users?

[-] eeleech@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

I assume that nothing will change for contributors, as vector tiles only replace the existing renderer.

For users this will allow better zooming and customization of the rendered map.

this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2024

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