Open jancborchardt opened 8 years ago
Using MapCSS won't work because we don't render the tiles ourselves. But we could probably use another tileserver.
@janborchardt: I agree! :thumbsup:
Why not using the Mapnik tiles?
If somehow we can get vector tiles, then maybe we can also have different map-themes. Like mapbox does.
@DJaeger we spoke about own tile servers in https://github.com/owncloud/maps/issues/69. I would love to see this implemented, but isn't a generic solution as most users won't know what a tile server is or even be able to set up their own.
@Alafazam I believe OpenStreetMap is not designed to work with vector tiles. There are things like GeoJSON, but they are meant for overlays and not the base map layer. @Alafazam do you have experience with this?
Alternative open/free providers i found (both aren't really useful): http://maps.stamen.com/ https://cartodb.com/basemaps/
You might also want to take a look at https://leaflet-extras.github.io/leaflet-providers/preview/index.html, where you can try some providers supported by leaflet (or maps-js-library)
@Henni from https://leaflet-extras.github.io/leaflet-providers/preview/index.html, MapBox is the best one, followed by OpenStreetMap.HOT
@Henni No I don't have much experience with Vector Tile servers, but I have some experience with gnome-maps which uses OSM. I would love to help(as much as I can). See this too, https://github.com/mapzen/vector-datasource/wiki/Mapzen-Vector-Tile-Service
Talked to @freenerd of Mapbox about this as well. As said in the related issue »Run your own simple tile server in ownCloud?« #69, the best plan of action is probably to have a means for admins to define their own tile provider with the ability to put in an API key.
Compared to stuff like Google Maps, Mapbox and Maps.me, the map style we use looks pretty old. :)
Is there a way we can modify this, with MapCSS for example?
Or is this difficult because we only get the tiles? If so, can we get nicer tiles?
cc @Henni @v1r0x