Different name?

[msbarry]

The main feedback on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28986762 was that "flatmap" is ambiguous and not unique. Before publishing to maven central, package managers, etc should decide whether or not to keep "flatmap" or use something different.

Pros:

• easier to find through search.
• It's still early so there are too many inbound links yet

Cons:

• there are still some links, forks, and stars so need to be careful to preserve those

Any suggestions?

[msbarry]

Idea: "velotile"

• https://github.com/onthegomap/velotile
• docker run ghcr.io/onthegomap/velotile
• maven: com.onthegomap.velotile:velotile-core
• package: com.onthegomap.velotile.Main

[msbarry]

Idea: "Global Tiling Engine (gte)"

• https://github.com/onthegomap/gte
• docker run ghcr.io/onthegomap/gte
• maven: com.onthegomap.gte:gte-core
• package: com.onthegomap.gte.Main

[danlarkin]

I agree that "flatmap" isn't a spectacular name for what this project is doing, but all my ideas are rather plain:

• mapbuilder
• vectorbuild
• tilebuilder

[msbarry]

Yeah, naming is hard :-) It seems like a minor detail, but I am holding off on some things like publishing to maven central, and adding an OSM wiki entry until I nail down a name to stick with.

I'm leaning towards:

• something that conveys the main value proposition of the project (fast planet vector tiles)
• maybe something outdoors/running/biking related to tie it back to on the go map

Leaning away from:

• "map" in the name - saying onthegomap/flatmap out loud is a lot of "maps"
• something random unrelated to what it does (the mapzen projects are great, but it's sometimes hard to navigate things named after norse mythology)
• something with "j" or "java" in the name (I suspect most people will use this as a tool, not a library so the fact that it's written in java is inconsequential)
• something tied to how it works (like "stripe" from the stripe clipping algorithm) since that may change

Also don't want to be too close to similar projects in this space like tilemaker, openmaptiles

[msbarry]

Probably going to go with nanotiler

https://github.com/onthegomap/nanotiler
docker run ghcr.io/onthegomap/nanotiler
maven: com.onthegomap.nanotiler:nanotiler-core
package: com.onthegomap.nanotiler.Main

[danlarkin]

What's the nano part, breaking work into small chunks?

[msbarry]

Personal significance, and (relatively) tiny cost/resource requirements for building planet-scale vector tilesets from OpenStreetMap data.

[danlarkin]

Nano makes me think small, this project is more fit for a name like Gigatiler! Or what about Planetile/Planetiler?

[msbarry]

Ooh I like planetiler - and I see nothing with a similar name on google search.

https://github.com/onthegomap/planetiler
docker run ghcr.io/onthegomap/planetiler
maven: com.onthegomap.planetiler:planetiler-core
package: com.onthegomap.planetiler.Main

Just want to avoid confusion that its "planet-tiler" not "plane-tiler" (should be obvious from repo description) and if you remember the name that it's only spelled with one T.

[tomvanenckevort]

How about globetiler?
Less confusing and still covers what it does.
And I can't see anything else that uses that name.

[danlarkin]

I like the portmanteau of planetiler, but yeah I guess it could also be read as plane-tiler. Though that's also sortof accurate too, right? Like it can tessellate the earth with vector tiles?

[msbarry]

Yeah I'm leaning toward planetiler, the "planet" part should be obvious from the repo description and if the plane part would be a throwback to flatmap.

[msbarry]

Planetiler it is! Updated the repo and published v0.2.0 version this morning. Thanks all for the feedback and @danlarkin for the name suggestion!