The web-map uses PNG tiles. There would be several advantages to using vector tiles
styling can be dynamic, the frontend can use CSS to make it look nice
reduced storage requirements
rendering entities as separate PNGs is not possible - there are too many. Rendering them in a single tile means they can't be selected. Rendering them as vectors allows for them to be separately selectable.
processing the tiles would be easier - I wouldn't have to group updates into chunks and fuss about with handling edgecases when an entity is rendered across a chunk border.
This change requires either changes to the web-map, as Leaflet does not natively support vector tiles
I need some way to convert the data from Factorio into a vector format. Some of these have some sort of 'raster polygonize' tool:
The web-map uses PNG tiles. There would be several advantages to using vector tiles
This change requires either changes to the web-map, as Leaflet does not natively support vector tiles
I need some way to convert the data from Factorio into a vector format. Some of these have some sort of 'raster polygonize' tool:
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