Custom Vector Tiles from OpenStreetMap

A skeleton to start custom vector tile development from OpenStreetMap. It contains an example mapping and source definition for buildings.

Run Workflow

The entire project is structured components using Docker containers to work together. Ensure you meet the prerequisites.

Start up the PostgreSQL database with the PostGIS extension.

docker-compose up -d postgres

Now download a OSM PBF extract and store it in the ./data dir.

wget -P ./data https://s3.amazonaws.com/metro-extracts.mapzen.com/zurich_switzerland.osm.pbf

Import the OSM PBF.

docker-compose run import-osm

Import the required database schema (views, prepared tables and helper functions).

docker-compose run db-schema

Export the vector tiles for the planet.

docker-compose run export-vectortiles

To visualize and work with the vector tiles you can spin up Mapbox Studio in a Docker container and visit localhost:3000.

Then open the vector tile source with Browse and choose from /projects/vector-datasource.tm2source.

docker-compose up mapbox-studio