Tile Server¶
The Tile Server is based on:
| Software / Framework | Function |
| Mapnik | tile gernator |
| Python bindings for Mapnik | Python bindings for Mapnik |
| Redis | cache for tiles & Mapnik styles |
| PostGis | OHDM Database |
| Flask | Python microservice webserver |
| openstreetmap-carto | OSM styles for Mapnik |
| NGINX | Webserver to use flask in production |
Tile Server overview
URL Mapping¶
The Tile Server listen on https://<hostname>/tile/<year>/<month>/<day>/<zoom>/<x_pixel>/<y_pixel>.png
Example for display the World on the 01.01.2019 on the host example.com is
https://example.com/tile/2019/01/01/0/0/0.png
Source Code¶
The source code of the Flask microservice is on tile_server/code/app.py