MapLibre Tile: a modern and efficient vector tile format
3 months ago
- #geospatial
- #vector-tiles
- #open-source
- Announcement of MapLibre Tile (MLT), a new vector tile format.
- MLT is designed as a successor to Mapbox Vector Tile (MVT), addressing modern geospatial data challenges.
- Aimed at high-performance processing and rendering of large-scale 2D and 2.5D basemaps.
- Supports future use cases and extensions based on community needs.
- Current implementations available in MapLibre GL JS and MapLibre Native.
- Options to try MLT include using the new encoding property in style JSON.
- Community feedback encouraged via Slack, Issues, or Discussions.
- Acknowledgments to contributors and financiers like Microsoft and AWS.