About openmaps.fr

Openmaps.fr is a free Tile Map Service based on OpenStreetMap datas providing 2 maps:

All styles and code are released as free software (Check each one's specific license) on their GitHub repositories.

Can it be used freely in another website/application ?

The service is designed for third-party use. 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 1000 not already rendered tiles or 2000 tiles (Total) will get your connection throttled to 0.2 Tile per second or 0.5 per second respectively.

Current mod_tile config:

ModTileThrottlingTiles 2000 0.5
ModTileThrottlingRenders 1000 0.2

Hardware used from 2025-12-15 until ??

\o/ I took advantage of OVHcloud's Blackfriday offers and got me a SYS-LE-5. It is a 8 core Xeon E-2288G3 + 3 * 2To NVMe + 64 Go RAM for 889 € / year. This should be ideal for handling intensive rendering and high usage.

Old hardware used (From 2022 to 2025-12-15)

This server was kindly provided by Gplservice, the company I work for, but during 2026 it might be decommissioned and shut down:

Funding

To help financing for server costs and maintaining the service functional, please check the Funding openmaps.fr page.

Status of the tile.openmaps.fr service

FAQ

Is there an offline version of the map ?

Those maps are generated by mapnik in millions of png image 256x256 tiles. Storing all of them world wide would be close to impossible, but see the Tile usage policy: it is possible for small parts. However, since there are limits for downloads, you will only be able to collect small areas.

Why are datas updated so rarely ?

Starting from December 2025 and a new more powerful server, I hope I'll be able to update datas every 6 months or so. Server shouldn't be the limit, only my available time!

Why are there so few functions on the interface ?

The web interface is only meant to be a demonstrator for testing and comparisons; it is not meant for hike planning. Many other tools out there are much better suited for GPX generation, routing, or feature search.

Reporting problems or discussions