Maplibre Pmtiles Patterns

PMTiles lets you serve map tiles from static storage without running a tile server. You host a single .pmtiles file on S3, R2, GitHub Pages, or any CDN, and MapLibre fetches the exact tiles it needs via HTTP range requests. The skill walks through registering the pmtiles protocol handler, generating tiles with Planetiler or tippecanoe, and configuring vector, raster, and terrain sources. It's a solid choice when you want a serverless map stack or need to deploy tiles with zero backend logic. The tradeoff is you need the full tile pyramid upfront, so it works best for bounded datasets rather than massive global layers that change constantly.