Openmaps.fr is a free Tile Map Service based on OpenStreetMap datas providing 2 maps:
All styles and code are free and OpenSource (Check each one's specific license) on their github's repo
It was meant for that. However, there are no guarantees: the service might stop any time, or I might block IP or web site if there are too much requests.
If you include tiles from tile.openmaps.fr in your project, you must accept and respect the Tile usage policy where you will also find the TMS URLs for those two map styles.
Since ~2011, due to increasing mass download applications targeting and hampering the OpenHikingMap server I had to take measures in order to give priority to "browsing users". The current (since 2023) limit is that asking more than 2000 not already rendered tiles or 8000 tiles (Total) will get your connection throttled to 1 Tile per 5 seconds or 5 per seconds respectively. I am sad to take such measures which could well lead to collateral damage but unfortunately I haven't a strong enough server to handle that CPU load.
Current mod_tile config:
ModTileThrottlingTiles 8000 5
ModTileThrottlingRenders 2000 0.2
Current server hosting the map is kindly provided by the company I work for, but during 2026 it will likely be decomissionned and shut down:
Also, unfortunately, this server is too slow for regular imports, too slow for high usage mainly because of the spinning disks. Such a setup requires NVMe drives.
That is why, as of 2025-10-21, I'm searching for alternatives. Either in the form of the cheapest server I can rent, or, if I get funds, 2 identical servers to organise redundancy and failover in case of problems, or during re-import or any type of upgrades.
This OVHcloud server (costing ~ 1000€/year) (in Configuration 64GB RAM, 2 * 2To NVMe, 6 Xeon cores @3.7Ghz)
To help financing for server costs and maintaining the service functional, please check the Funding openmaps.fr page.