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Re: Re (2): Viewing an an OpenStreetMap tile offline.

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peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> Greg, Richard and all,
> 
>     From: Richard <rrosner5@gmail.com>
>     Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 23:02:52 +0200
> > I wouldn't even bother trying to get such ancient software up and 
> > running.   
> 
> Straightforward.  Thanks.
> 
> > [2]: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software/Desktop  
> 
> Extensive information.  Overwhelming really.
> 
> Numerous features, with significance not evident to me.  What is the 
> difference between "display" and "renderer"?
> 
> I need only a lightweight software to display a map tile on a Debian 
> laptop offline.
> 
> Editing, 3-D display, routing and other advanced features not 
> necessary.
> 
> Recommendations?
> 
> Thanks,                              ... P.
 
What kind of tile are you interested in? Have you looked at
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tiles ? Raster tiles seem to be
just .png files. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Rendering has a
lot of information about hw to render vector tiles. There's also
https://switch2osm.org/using-tiles/

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Viewing an an OpenStreetMap tile offline. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-05-05 22:10 +0200
  Re: Viewing an an OpenStreetMap tile offline. Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-05-05 22:30 +0200
  Re: Viewing an an OpenStreetMap tile offline. Richard <rrosner5@gmail.com> - 2024-05-05 23:10 +0200
    Re (2): Viewing an an OpenStreetMap tile offline. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-05-06 00:30 +0200
      Re: Re (2): Viewing an an OpenStreetMap tile offline. debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-05-06 12:20 +0200
  Re: Viewing an an OpenStreetMap tile offline. Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2024-05-06 00:20 +0200

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