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UN Vector Tile Toolkit - Latest optimal web mapping technology for UN operations and Member States

UN Vector Tile Toolkit - Latest optimal web mapping technology for UN operations and Member States

"Partnership in Geospatial Information & Technology for United Nations Operation"

Joint Event organized by the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations and United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology

held at United Nations headquarters, New York

Hidenori FUJIMURA

June 25, 2019
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  1. 3 The platformers’ web maps are great, but it does

    not always fit for all purposes.
  2. Timeline 2010 Vector Tiles were first introduced to a smartphone

    platform 2014 First open source Vector Tile specifications and software 2018 We started the UN Vector Tile Toolkit 15
  3. The UN Vector Tile Toolkit 16 A open source toolkit

    to help organizations to provide vector tiles, designed to be used with existing and proven open source software. Key achievements ü Developed in an open source way. ü 10 times faster vector tile production. ü Interoperability with enterprise frameworks.
  4. Technology grows only when it is shared 19 Specialized Member

    State authority Specialized United Nations services Specialized technology How can we sustain this shared technology?
  5. Technology grows only when it is shared 20 Specialized United

    Nations services Specialized Member State authority Community of engineers
  6. Project continues toward a more portable Toolkit 24 Deployment and

    technology transfer are next challenges after initial development. A tiny $35 computer originally developed for education and IoT is promising. We expand our contribution by making the technology easier and portable.