[GIS] How to serve OSM Tiles on Windows

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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?

Best Answer

switch2osm will give you some directions to go as far as serving OSM tiles.

Two caveats:

  • Only 0.01% of people actually should do this. Think about using OSM's tiles, or MapQuest Open, or MapBox. Hosting your own tiles will take at least a week's work.
  • Using Windows for this will be a losing battle. Don't.
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