Protomaps Blog

Protomaps Blog

Protomaps Blog

An open source map of the world, deployed as a single file.

Covering the Planet with Compressed Bitmaps

Jan 27, 2025 Covering the Planet with Compressed Bitmaps

What is a basemap, anyway?

Jan 20, 2025 What is a basemap, anyway?

Slicing OpenStreetMap Just Got Fresher

Nov 29, 2024 Slicing OpenStreetMap Just Got Fresher

PMTiles on More Platforms

Oct 28, 2024 PMTiles on More Platforms

You Might Not Want PMTiles

May 22, 2024 You Might Not Want PMTiles

Protomaps receives NLnet open source grant

Feb 21, 2024 Protomaps receives NLnet open source grant

Transitioning Protomaps from Open Core to Open Source

Feb 16, 2024 Transitioning Protomaps from Open Core to Open Source

What is a clustered PMTiles archive?

Jan 17, 2024 What is a clustered PMTiles archive?

Serverless Maps - Now Open Source

Mar 6, 2023 Serverless Maps - Now Open Source

What's new in PMTiles V3

Oct 31, 2022 What's new in PMTiles V3