Protomaps enables frontend developers to easily "self-host" maps - it's just a file, no server setup required. It makes serving vector map tiles simple and affordable by using HTTP range requests.

A free and open source map of the world, deployed as a single static file. - Protomaps

Protomaps is an open source system for interactive web maps, like this one: There are three major parts of Protomaps: PMTiles, an open archive format for pyramids of tile data, accessible via HTTP Range …

Protomaps is a free and open source map of the world, deployed as a single file you can host yourself. It enables interactive, zoomable mapping applications with only static storage and HTTP Range …

The software in this repository is made available under a BSD 3-Clause License, and includes license notices related to Protomaps LLC, Mapzen, and the Linux Foundation.

Protomaps is built on OpenStreetMap and other open data sources, and designed to make it as simple as possible for a frontend developer to serve a tiled map, without any intermediate server setup.

Protomaps is an open-source project designed to simplify map data storage and delivery through a single-file architecture. Originally developed as a solo project by Brandon Liu, it later received grants …

Technical documentation for the Protomaps system. Contribute to protomaps/docs development by creating an account on GitHub.

4 days ago · maps.protomaps.com is a viewer for basemaps. Drag our file my_area.pmtiles or planet_z6.pmtiles onto the Drop Zone to view the map:

The Protomaps hosted tile API serves MVT vector tiles that conform to Basemap Layers. The three ways to access it are with Style JSON, TileJSON and ZXY URLs. The hosted API does not serve …