2025-11-15 –, Way
The OSMF's new vector tile service updates every minute. This talk takes a deep dive into how we accomplish this, focusing on the software behind the scenes.
Most vector tile services don't update every minute, only offer a limited amount of data, or have low traffic, which allows them to generate tiles as needed.
The OSMF's vector tile service is unusual because it needs minutely updated global data, a basemap with many layers, and has to handle high traffic.
This talk takes a deep dive into how this is possible, looking at the software we use, how it's set up, and how the different components work together.
vector tiles, operations
Affiliation:OpenStreetMap Foundation
Paul works as a freelance consultant and software developer focused on OpenStreetMap map rendering. He has been an OpenStreetMap developer since 2011 and maintainer of OpenStreetMap Carto since 2013 and has developed map stacks at many companies. He is a maintainer of Street Spirit, a style which comes with the ability to generate Shortbread tiles. He is currently working on vector tiles for the OpenStreetMap Foundation.