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Create your own vector tiles

We use Docker extensively for development and deployment. The easiest way to get started is using Docker Compose.

Clone the osm2vectortiles project.

git clone https://github.com/osm2vectortiles/osm2vectortiles.git

Start up your PostGIS container with the data container attached.

docker-compose up -d postgis

Download a PBF and put it into the local import directory.

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

Now you need to import the PBF files into PostGIS.

docker-compose up import-osm

Now you need to import several external data sources.

Import water polygons from OpenStreetMapData.com.

docker-compose up import-water

Import Natural Earth data for lower zoom levels.

docker-compose up import-natural-earth

Import custom country, sea and state labels.

docker-compose up import-labels

Now import custom SQL functions.

docker-compose up import-sql

Update the scaleranks of OSM places.

docker-compose up update-scaleranks

Export the data as MBTiles file to the export directory.

docker-compose up export

Serve the tiles as raster tiles from export directory.

docker-compose up serve