# Planetiler

Canonical: https://gisforweb.com/tools/planetiler/

Fast tool for generating planet-scale vector tiles from OpenStreetMap in hours, not days.

Planetiler is a tool that generates vector tiles from OpenStreetMap data. It's designed to be extremely fast - generating tiles for the entire planet in hours instead of days. Written in Java with low memory requirements.

## Details

- Type: cli

- Categories: tiles, data-processing

- Open source: Yes

- Pricing model: open-source

- License: Apache-2.0

## Features

- Generates planet-scale vector tiles in hours

- Runs on a single machine without a database

- Outputs MBTiles or PMTiles archives

- Custom schemas via YAML or Java profiles

- Built-in OpenMapTiles profile included

- Merges nearby features with matching tags

## Project sources

- Website: https://github.com/onthegomap/planetiler

- Repository: https://github.com/onthegomap/planetiler

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