As a Basemaps developer, having to look up the path to the most recent assets.tar.co file stored in AWS S3 is inconvenient. It would save me time and effort if a copy of the latest assets file were stored in a fixed location with a fixed name, similar to the bundled config file (config-latest.json.gz).
Context
When I run Basemaps locally, it's not always the case that I can run the basemaps/server package using the config-latest.json.gz file. For example, if I make changes to the vector tile stylesheets and want to test them locally, I need to bundle the config file myself. To do so, I have to specify the --assets parameter to enable fonts, glyphs, and sprites. Otherwise, they will not load on the map.
Solution
Currently, assets files are uploaded to AWS S3 with a hash suffix. Remembering such a hash is unrealistic. It would be ideal if there were an assets-latest.tar.co file stored within the /assets directory, similar to how a config-latest.json.gz file is stored within the /config directory.
s3://linz-basemaps/...
Sorted by Last Modified
config/
assets/
Modifications
Updated the build workflow so that it stores a copy of the current assets at the following location in AWS S3:
Motivation
As a Basemaps developer, having to look up the path to the most recent
assets.tar.cofile stored in AWS S3 is inconvenient. It would save me time and effort if a copy of the latest assets file were stored in a fixed location with a fixed name, similar to the bundled config file (config-latest.json.gz).Context
When I run Basemaps locally, it's not always the case that I can run the
basemaps/serverpackage using theconfig-latest.json.gzfile. For example, if I make changes to the vector tile stylesheets and want to test them locally, I need to bundle the config file myself. To do so, I have to specify the--assetsparameter to enable fonts, glyphs, and sprites. Otherwise, they will not load on the map.Solution
Currently, assets files are uploaded to AWS S3 with a hash suffix. Remembering such a hash is unrealistic. It would be ideal if there were an
assets-latest.tar.cofile stored within the/assetsdirectory, similar to how aconfig-latest.json.gzfile is stored within the/configdirectory.s3://linz-basemaps/...config/assets/Modifications
buildworkflow so that it stores a copy of the current assets at the following location in AWS S3: