On 10/07/2018 21:10, Paul Norman wrote:
On 2018-07-10 12:30 PM, Mark Goodge wrote:
I think it's a positive. One of the biggest issues with large-scale
use of OSM is that OSM's own tile server isn't suited for high-volume
use, but most of the alternative tile servers are rate-limited and
require payment for larger volumes. If ESRI's tile server will, as the
blog post suggests, be free to access, then it will be a more useful
alternative for users who don't have the resources to host their own
tile server.
It's not the same as OpenStreetMap Carto. OpenStreetMap Carto is written
in CartoCSS and rendered server-side, what they have uses client-side
rendering and lots of ESRI technology.
ESRI's free maps can be accessed as server-side tiles. See
Leaflet-providers for some examples:
https://leaflet-extras.github.io/leaflet-providers/preview/
I'm not sure of the licence restrictions which apply to them, or any
rate limits. But, from a technical point of view, it's just as easy to
use as OSM Carto tiles.
Mark
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