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OpenGlobus: an Open-Source web map application library to display maps on a globe (github.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Lazycog@sopuli.xyz to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

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Just wanted to share this since I didn't find anything on lemmy about this. It's a pretty cool open-source project that I got introduced to while investigating a google maps / mapbox open-source alternatives for globe representation on the web.

Sorry if it doesn't fit into this community - didn't find a better community to post this and the sidebar says "OSM related software" posts are ok.

Here is a link to their website with examples: https://www.openglobus.org/

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[–] dubbel@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 5 months ago

Wow, that looks amazing! Will definitely check it out for a side project :)

[–] InsertUser@en.osm.town 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

@Lazycog @openstreetmap
Does this support vector tile sources too, or just raster tiles?

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

I believe that currently it's raster only unfortunately. Hoping that there will be vector tiles in the future!

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sorry if it doesn’t fit into this community - didn’t find a better community to post this and the sidebar says “OSM related software” posts are ok.

It shows an OSM-view as default, so this still fits this community. In the past, someone posted a news article about Apple Maps; I commented that that didn't fit the community guidelines because OSM wasn't even mentioned in the article (even though Apple Maps uses it!). Even then, I didn't delete the post so...

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the clarification on that rule! And sad to hear that people don't always give OSM the credit it deserves...

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh, Apple gives the attribution when needed. Rather, the specific article posted here didn't mention it (I think the author wasn't aware of it and/or it didn't matter for the article)

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

Ah okay! Atleast the big tech giant gives credit!