Short History of Vector Tiles

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@kelsosCorner: 🎂10 years ago today @michalmigurski blogged about open vector tiles in TileStache. This was a rich epic in mapping history, and by 2016 many creative and inventive people had reinvigor…

It’s been ten years since Michal Migurski first blogged about a relatively new technology called vector tiles. Soon after, vector tiles became a standard technology to serve map data on the Web. Nathaniel V. Kelso recounts the history of vector tiles in a long thread.

(I linked to the unrolled version because it’s easier to read.)