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2024: announcing the year of the OpenStreetMap vector maps | OpenStreetMap Blog
(blog.openstreetmap.org)
Everything #OpenStreetMap related is welcome: software releases, showing of your work, questions about how to tag something, as long as it has to do with OpenStreetMap or OpenStreetMap-related software.
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
Join OpenStreetMap and start mapping: https://www.openstreetmap.org.
There are many communication channels about OSM, many organized around a certain country or region. Discover them on https://openstreetmap.community
https://mapcomplete.org is an easy-to-use website to view, edit and add points (such as shops, restaurants and others)
https://learnosm.org/en/ has a lot of information for beginners too.
Raster tiles are images made out of pixels, getting staircase edges or blurriness when you zoom a lot. Vector tiles are made out of lines and shapes only after to be converted to pixels, so one can infinitely zoom in and out while keeping beautiful rendering with low bandwith needed.