ok so i’m trying to understand the structure of the whole OSM project. i generally like it but it’s confusing and i’m confused.

i’m specifically looking for satellite image data (landscape as seen from above, no infrastructure data, just real photography). i like satellite images a lot because it provides a much better feel for the landscape than infrastructure data alone. such as: how many trees are there, how much nature is there around, …

does OSM itself do this? (ideally without having to be logged in)

i found OpenMapTiles which seems to also provide satellite data; but i’m not sure what their relation to OSM is. are they a separate project?

  • Aniki@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    ok so it seems that OpenMapTiles is just a frontend for https://www.maptiler.com/ which is a company different from Maxar / MapBox and you can buy their services to embed maps in your own application / website. so it’s a commercial thing, if i understand this correctly.

    but they do offer some type of tiles (= pre-rendered map parts) freely, namely those that are based on open data sources. so the infrastructure map tiles are free to use, but satellite tiles are not, if i understand this correctly.