Distributed OSM map-tile rendering; why not?
Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) likes this.
Well, to be more precise, distributed tile serving, I guess. Although distributed rendering is clearly possible, too. #maptorrent
Nathan Willis at 2016-07-26T16:25:55Z
Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠), Charles Stanhope likes this.
you'd use a DHT to index into the tile db....
I suppose there's potential complications with rendering mismatches, but within a single app (ie, GNOME Maps) the different clients would all use a common style.... Wonder if that uniformity would be enough.
I suppose there's potential complications with rendering mismatches, but within a single app (ie, GNOME Maps) the different clients would all use a common style.... Wonder if that uniformity would be enough.
Sounds like a useful idea. It could take some of the load off of OSM's servers.
IPFS, in particular when ipfs.js comes along, would make that not-too-difficult.