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DESCRIPTION:The MapLibre community is currently in the midst of developing 
 the MapLibre Tile Format\, a modern\, open\, and fully community-governed 
 successor to the ubiquitus MVT format. While MVT has served the mapping ec
 osystem well for over a decade\, it also carries historical constraints th
 at limit interoperability\, formal specification quality\, extensibility\,
  and independence from proprietary platforms. As MapLibre continues to gro
 w as the central open-source foundation for web-based map rendering\, it h
 as become increasingly clear that a future-proof\, openly specified\, and 
 collaboratively designed tile format is essential.\n\nThis talk will offer
  a look into\n- why we initiated this engineering effort and\n- what gaps 
 the new format aims to close.\nI will explain the core design principles b
 ehind the specification- how properties\, geometries and IDs work\, how we
  do optional values and such.\nAttendees will gain a technical understandi
 ng of how the format works\, including its data model\, feature encoding s
 trategy\, metadata approach\, and how this is compatibse to existing infra
 structure.\n\nBeyond the current specification draft\, I will outline the 
 major areas still under active development. These include\n- discussions a
 bout schema evolution\,\n- advanced geometry representations\,\n- compress
 ion strategies\,\n- and interoperability with raster\, elevation\, 3D  and
  non-geographic datasets.\n\nI will also provide insight into the collabor
 ative workflow between maintainers\, researchers\, vendors\, and the wider
  open-source community\, highlighting how this is primarily based on the c
 ontributions and feedback from untold amounts of volunteers.\n\nFinally\, 
 the talk will cover how the rollout is progressing in practice. This inclu
 des\n- early tooling support\,\n- reference implementations\,\n- testing f
 rameworks\, and\n- real-world trials by organizations exploring migration 
 paths away from MVT.\n\nThe session will present an honest\, up-to-date sn
 apshot of the project’s status and a forward-looking roadmap for the nex
 t stages of development\, helping the community understand both what is re
 ady today and what is still on the horizon.
DTSTAMP:20260605T022355Z
LOCATION:Auditorium
SUMMARY:State of the MapLibre Tile Format - Frank Elsinga
URL:https://talks.osgeo.org/foss4g-europe-2026/talk/8D8RU9/
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