Protomaps
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“You can look at their demo, it uses the exact same single-file hosting mechanism”
“Brandon has some example code you can lift”
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“We've been self-hosting protomaps (aka pmtiles) for several years”
“we used Protomaps, OpenStreetMap, MapLibre and other free tools to craft a stylized version”
“I think you might be looking for something like this: https://protomaps.com/”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“this is an online app and it uses protomaps[1] and mapterhorn[2] data for cities and elevation”
“I have an experimental open-source implementation of offline-capable PWA protomaps”
Threads where it came up
- MapLibre Tile: a modern and efficient vector tile format 3 mentions
- Organic Maps 2 mentions
- Show HN: Low Poly Earth – The whole planet in 3D, built from OpenStreetMap data 1 mention
- item 48623383 1 mention
- Show HN: Streaming gigabyte medical images from S3 without downloading them 1 mention
- First Basemap: How to create a fast and virtually free map 1 mention
Also written as protomaps. Data: protomaps.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 8
Funny : there's another Ben that did his "Ben maps". https://benmaps.fr
“The site relies on Astro, GitHub, Leaflet/Protomaps/OpenStreetMap, Lucide, Formspree, and Supabase.”
“You can look at their demo, it uses the exact same single-file hosting mechanism”
“Brandon has some example code you can lift”
“We've been self-hosting protomaps (aka pmtiles) for several years”
“Seems very similar to how maps work on the web these days, in particular protomap files”
“we used Protomaps, OpenStreetMap, MapLibre and other free tools to craft a stylized version”
“I think you might be looking for something like this: https://protomaps.com/”