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Vector tiles have been deployed on OpenStreetMap<\/a> (see the \u201cShortbread<\/a>\u201d layer in the map layers menu). This technical upgrade was first announced last year<\/a>; it\u2019ll provide, they say, \u201ca visual layer that is sharper and quicker, based on an entirely new backend.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vector tiles have been deployed on OpenStreetMap (see the \u201cShortbread\u201d layer in the map layers menu). This technical upgrade was first announced last year; it\u2019ll provide, they say, \u201ca visual layer that is sharper and… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-07-23T17:53:44+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lunllx7ddj2a","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lunllx7ddj2a\",\"cid\":\"bafyreidjez3cc3fd3rzu7mjelns3kbbiimw2kl6eqowy7r2qpo672vf3ba\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreihz2b4hm6fua4g5e3iw6litg4slfzyzga6kqw6b44pkmqgaprvrt4\",\"rev\":\"3lunllx7pzr2a\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[386],"class_list":["post-1844773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-web-mapping","tag-openstreetmap","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1827506,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/02\/vector-tiles-are-coming-to-openstreetmap\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844773,"position":0},"title":"Vector Tiles Are Coming to OpenStreetMap","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"13 February 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"On the OpenStreetMap blog, an announcement that vector tiles will be coming to OSM later this year. 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