openstreetmap-tiles-server

This article demonstrates how to download and serve a city’s map on your Macbook.

1. Download openstreetmap data

Firstly we need to get the OpenStreetMap data for rendering tiles, you can download it from various places, refer “LearnOSM – Getting OSM Data” to get the specific data you want. I downloaded Auckland city data from BBBike.org

2. If there is no Docker installed on your Mac, download and install it.

3. Setting up the tiles server:

1). Create new volume in Docker:

% docker volume create openstreetmap-data

2). Use openstreetmap-tile-server to build the server, start importing the “.pbf” file into PostgreSQL by running a container and mounting the file as /data.osm.pbf. Remember to use the physical file path:

% docker run -v /Users/ukalpa/Downloads/Auckland.osm.pbf:/data.osm.pbf -v openstreetmap-data:/var/lib/postgresql/12/main overv/openstreetmap-tile-server import

3). Running the server

% docker run -p 8301:80 -v openstreetmap-data:/var/lib/postgresql/12/main -d overv/openstreetmap-tile-server run

Now, the tiles server has been installed successfully, access http://localhost:8301 and you will see the Auckland map details:

For more details about openstreetmap-tile-server, please refer: https://github.com/Overv/openstreetmap-tile-server