As a non-profit, we're always hyper conscious of cost and maintenance burdens, so PMTiles is idea. We can chuck a single tile pyramid archive file on object storage, even put it behind a CDN deployment for cheap and scalable map tiles. I love it.

We use PMTiles in a bunch of applications at @worldresources.bsky.social. It's the format we use to serve Indigenous and community land maps on Global Forest Watch. Forest restoration project sites, urban heat forecasting metrics, and when we're jamming attributes into census blocks for zoom 8+.

Every so often, some newfangled technology emerges from the primordial foam of the interwebs and heralds a step-change in quality and convenience for some niche product category.

PMTiles makes creating, hosting and serving map tiles a delight for tippecanoodlers and cloud bill payers.

Also inspired by a conversation with @rsimmon.bsky.social at SatCamp year(s?) ago. Might not be ready for prime time yet, but would be grateful for your feedback if you’re in the process of reviewing CLI tools for your upcoming training!

This is one of those “fix something for yourself and maybe it’ll be useful for others” situations.

I’ve had good experiences with Blurb and Lulu, smaller runs or on-demand printing. If your budget and timeline allows, you might try printing a couple proofs with different paper options to see what quality/cost you can get away with

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