Ask HN: Resources for learning about map rendering?

3 points by Syntaf 6y ago ↗ HN

Anyone have a great book or link that talks about the internals of modern maps?

I'm currently a full stack dev with an interest in moving towards a position more focused on map rending / working with maps, but I'm having trouble finding resources for learning the skills I would need for such a position.

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blcArmadillo 6y ago ↗

Maybe looking at MapBox's OpenGL renderer: https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js or https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native would be worthwhile.

vulkd 6y ago ↗

The OSM wiki is a valuable source of info. Have a read about tiles to start https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Slippy_Map