#1561: vector tiles, romans, compare
, last check: Tue, 14 Apr 2026. Post history
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vector tiles
Protomaps is an open and ongoing one-person project to make it easier to view vector maps tiled on the Internet with Leaflet, both for the viewer and for the data files.
https://protomaps.com/blog/new-way-to-make-maps/ -
romans
"Gardens of the Roman Empire" is an ongoing project to gather knowledge of ancient garden culture published in books and magazines and make it open and freely accessible, ep @paudsoto
https://roman-gardens.github.io/home/ -
compare
"Scale-a-tron" is Stamen's new project, which allows you to draw a polygon on satellite imagery and compare both its content and dimensions on any other part of the world (eg Central Park from NYC to Barcelona)
https://stamen.github.io/scale-a-tron/
Raf