onthegomap/planetiler

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2157 stars · 191 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Planetiler is a Java-based tool that generates vector tilesets (MBTiles or PMTiles) from OpenStreetMap and other geographic data sources. It is optimized to build planet-scale maps fast on a single machine without external databases.

Use cases

• build a vector tile basemap of the world from OpenStreetMap data
• generate MBTiles or PMiles files for self-hosted map serving
• create custom map overlays from OSM data using YAML profiles
• produce tiles for MapLibre or Mapbox GL clients
• render offline maps for native apps

When to choose

• you need planet- or country-scale vector tiles generated quickly on one machine
• you want to avoid running a database or external tile pipeline
• you want to customize basemap layers via YAML or Java profiles

When to avoid

• you need raster tiles instead of vector tiles
• you want a hosted map service rather than a tile-generation tool
• you cannot run Java 21+ or Docker

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

geospatial data-generation cli file-system developer-tools self-hosted jvm cli cross-platform vector-tiles openstreetmap mbtiles pmtiles map-tiles tile-generation basemaps maps geospatial docker

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