Was hoping I could just extract tiles into a local file system, point IIS at it and be done but I guess that is not the reality of Open Street Map. I'm getting buried in all the possible ways of self-hosting OSM tiles but unable to find simple step-by-step instructions. I've identified PostgreSQL, PostGIS, Mapnik as key players but can't get all the pieces together. Any step-by-step instructions on creating a custom OSM tile server?
[GIS] How to serve OSM Tiles on Windows
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Best Answer
switch2osm will give you some directions to go as far as serving OSM tiles.
Two caveats: