<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.3.2">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/blog/tag/mapnik/feed/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2025-11-29T16:02:17+00:00</updated><id>https://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/blog/tag/mapnik/feed/index.xml</id><title type="html">Gravitystorm Blog</title><author><name>Andy Allan</name></author><entry><title type="html">A sneak peak at Thunderforest Lightning maps</title><link href="https://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/blog/2014/03/28/a-sneak-peak-at-thunderforest-lightning-maps/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="A sneak peak at Thunderforest Lightning maps" /><published>2014-03-28T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2014-03-28T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/blog/2014/03/28/a-sneak-peak-at-thunderforest-lightning-maps</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://www.gravitystorm.co.uk/blog/2014/03/28/a-sneak-peak-at-thunderforest-lightning-maps/"><![CDATA[<p>Here’s a few screenshots from my new Lightning tile-server:</p>

<p><a href="/assets/blog/2014/03/transport.png"><img src="/assets/blog/2014/03/transport-preview.png" alt="transport" /></a></p>

<p>A refresh of the Transport Style, built on a brand new, state-of-the-art vector tiles backend.</p>

<p><a href="/assets/blog/2014/03/transport-dark.png"><img src="/assets/blog/2014/03/transport-dark-preview.png" alt="transport-dark" /></a></p>

<p>Thunderforest Lightning makes it easy to create custom map styles sharing vector tile backends. Here’s a Dark variant for the Transport layer.</p>

<p><a href="/assets/blog/2014/03/transport-dark-large.png"><img src="/assets/blog/2014/03/transport-dark-large-preview.png" alt="transport-dark-large" /></a></p>

<p>Vector tiles bring lots of other benefits - like high-performance retina maps!</p>

<p>Development is going full-steam, and Lightning will be launching soon. Check back for more updates!</p>]]></content><author><name>Andy Allan</name></author><category term="mapnik" /><category term="OpenStreetMap" /><category term="thunderforest" /><category term="vector" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s a few screenshots from my new Lightning tile-server:]]></summary></entry></feed>