Use IGN vector tiles (when available)

[vicb]

https://geoservices.ign.fr/documentation/services_betas/vecteur-tuile.html

[elgandoz]

It would be great to use vector maps< it would make the experience much faster, especially on mobile. An example of the great Topo map from OpenMapTiles: https://www.maptiler.com/maps/#topo//vector/10.97/6.5867/44.5709 See specs on https://openmaptiles.org/

Vector tile could be potentially also used offline on a PWA:

• http://richorama.github.io/2021/01/28/offline-vector-tiles/
• https://github.com/reyemtm/pwa-maps

[elgandoz]

bumping this up

[vicb]

bumping this up

why ?

I don't see a big plus of rushing this as this is not supported out of the box by Google Maps. It would make sense to support this when either I switch map libs (pending having any good and cheap sources for terrain and satellite tiles) or make flyxc a PWA. None of this is planned too soon.