On 8/15/2015 2:09 PM, Lester Caine wrote:
The simple answer seems to be that there is no standard when it comes to
mapping applications and everybody creates their own personal special
such as kosmtik rather than working with established standards:(
Kosmtik is a standard. But it's a development tool for stylesheet
design. The other options are Mapbox Studio and Tilemil. All three are
essentially desktop applications, although the developer using them
might interact with them via a browser.
The former doesn't support a raster tile style, has tie-ins with Mapbox
that make it difficult to use independently, and does not work
reasonably with styles in version control. The problem with Tilemill is
that is is abandoned, and includes in-program text editing, which adds
significant complexity to the codebase, and this text editing does not
function with large complex styles.
It's also not a question of duplication, as all of these options are
written in nodejs and the map rendering parts share common modules.
renderd, and all similar software, serves a completely different
purpose, and are not good options for applications where Kosmtik,
Tilemill, and Mapbox Studio make sense.
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