Protomaps

Protomaps Basemap Downloads

Daily OpenStreetMap planet builds in PMTiles format available for download and self-hosting. Provides the full planet tileset as well as tools for extracting regional subsets by bounding box or GeoJSON region at any zoom level.

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https://docs.protomaps.com/basemaps/downloads

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Protomaps Basemap Downloads
description: 'Daily OpenStreetMap planet builds in PMTiles format available for download and self-hosting.
  Provides the full planet tileset as well as tools for extracting regional subsets by bounding box or
  GeoJSON region at any zoom level.

  '
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://maps.protomaps.com/builds
baseURL: https://build.protomaps.com
tags:
- Maps
- OpenStreetMap
- Downloads
- PMTiles
- Self-Hosted
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.protomaps.com/basemaps/downloads
contact:
- FN: Protomaps
  email: hi@protomaps.com
  url: https://protomaps.com