2015-10-30 10:52 GMT+01:00 Christoph Hormann <chris_horm...@gmx.de>: > So far use of vector tiles seem to primarily > have lead to the following effects: > > - improved tile serving efficiency > - a larger bandwidth of style variations > - tighter contraints in basic styling decisions beyond what is already > imposed by the OSM data model >
some additional points that come into mind: - vector maps are consuming more energy to display (because have to be calculated/rendered) -> problem on mobile devices, but also generally a problem because every client has to spend energy on calculating the "same" image (admittedly depends how many different styles there are, and how many people are looking at them until the underlying data changes), so globally (i.e. wikipedia use and not some "niche" usecases) this means really a lot of wasted energy. - are likely slower to display (for the same reason), although this is depending on different factors (e.g. if you have internet connection and how fast it is (vector maps likely scale better for offline use), how complex the style sheet is, etc.) -> generally vector maps require more ressources, newer more capable client devices. Cheers, Martin
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