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Tiles

Custom Rendering

We provide custom rendered tiles for displaying maps inside a Google-like slippy map. Geofabrik offers a tile server to create and host the tile data. Tiles are rendered using a custom map style that fits the demands of the customer, and updated regularly from new OpenStreetMap data.

The very same map tile can look very different when rendered using a different style. Compare a custom Geofabrik style (bottom row) to the following OpenStreetMap styles: Osmarender, Mapnik, and cycle map.

Tiles do not only differ in how they look. It is also possible to produce tiles in different sizes, or to optimize them to achieve a small size or a small colour palette. These requirements are often present in mobile use.