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Can I combine official OSM tiles server with object I add to the database on my server

I have set up a local OSM server with the tile server and leaflet. Everything works, but I thought it would by much more convenient if I could get most of the data from tile.openstreetmap.org server (the map may look just the same as it looks on OSM website) and only add my objects to it that I would store on my server.

Is it possible?

Thank you, Paweł

database combine tileserver

asked 17 Apr '20, 14:25

jujo0
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2 Answers:

If the question is "is it technically possible" the answer is "yes". You have a few options:

One is to use Leaflet to display markers over the top of existing tiles.
Another option is to have two OSM databases, one with OSM data and one with "your" data, but display your data with a transparent background (see here for a discussion of that and also here for some potential drawbacks, such as name clashes).
Another is to merge "your data" with the "OSM data" and display that in one layer - see here for an example of that and here for an example script using osmosis to do that (though "osmium" is another, arguably better, option)..

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answered 17 Apr '20, 14:45

SomeoneElse ♦
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Thank you!

(17 Apr '20, 16:09) jujo0

0	I found this extremely useful http://duspviz.mit.edu/web-map-workshop/ answered 03 May '20, 19:05 jujo0 16●2●2●5 accept rate: 0%