Build sprites

[pnorman]

We need to be able to include symbols on the map. To do this, we need to compile images into spritesheets and serve them locally.

ref mapbox/mapbox-gl-js#4086 (comment)

[pnorman]

The way Mapbox mentions for sprites is spritezero, but it depends on Mapnik. I'm looking for alternatives.

[pathmapper]

@pnorman you might have a look at https://github.com/orangemug/spriter

[pnorman]

@pnorman you might have a look at https://github.com/orangemug/spriter

It doesn't seem to have a CLI output to files, does it?

[pnorman]

https://github.com/elastic/spritezero was mentioned as an option

[pathmapper]

It doesn't seem to have a CLI output to files, does it?

Currently not, but you could save the png / json from the URLs.

https://github.com/elastic/spritezero was mentioned as an option

Depends also on Mapnik:
https://github.com/elastic/spritezero/blob/3b89dc0fef2acbf9db1e77a753a68b02f74939a8/package.json#L21
(from #1 (comment) I understood this is not desired)