101 Restyle map for a more muted appearance using vector tiles from Maptile #72
Conversation
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
@maptiler/leaflet-maptilersdk This will allow us to display our OpenStreetMap layer in vector form rather than with raster tiles. See: https://www.maptiler.com/news/2019/02/what-are-vector-tiles-and-why-you-should-care/ For more details on using Maptiler, particularly with Leaflet: - https://docs.maptiler.com/leaflet/examples/vector-tiles-in-leaflet-js/ - https://docs.maptiler.com/sdk-js/ - https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-gl-leaflet/ - https://github.com/maptiler/leaflet-maptilersdk
We use the "positron" style: https://www.maptiler.com/maps/#style=positron&mode=2d&position=10.44/51.5031/-0.0756 We introduce a new `MAPTILER_API_KEY` environment variable for our Maptiler service. The production key for Heroku will only work for request originating from our host: `air-text-3e4548b53179.herokuapp.com` The development key is in 1Password
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.
Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.
Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.
You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.
Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.
This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.
Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.
Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.
Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
NB: this is to be merged after the big caching PR 71. This work
comprises just the final 3 commits!
Show "Positron" style of OpenStreetMap vector tiles
We now display our OpenStreetMap layer in
vector form rather than with raster tiles. This makes for a smoother
UX but comes at a small cost of increased processing on the user's
device -- so we need to verify that performance is acceptable for
all users.
See:
https://www.maptiler.com/news/2019/02/what-are-vector-tiles-and-why-you-should-care/
For more details on using Maptiler, particularly with
Leaflet:
Other styles
Another muted style which we looked at is "Dataviz": https://www.maptiler.com/maps/#style=dataviz&mode=2d&position=10.44/51.5031/-0.0756
Dependencies
MAPTILER_API_KEYon Heroku. The production key is limited to our Heroku host (air-text-3e4548b53179.herokuapp.com)Screenshots
Essex
Zoomed in to Chelmsford