What is tile server in OSM maps

Question

My application completely on maps which show pins and route information and distance between two pins. For this i am trying to do using OSM maps instead of Google Maps because google maps had certain limitations if user are increased.So my client wants other maps instead of Google maps.Then after research i came to know OSM is other approach.But it has some limitations for using tile server.But i do not understand what it is.Can any one please tell me what it is and is it better to go with OSM

Answer 1

A tile server is the service that generates rendered images (tiles) from a database. Hence it requires a lot of storage capacity for both the database and the rendered tiles. Bandwidth and CPU are required, too, but depend mostly on the access frequency of your tile server.

There are also several non-official OSM tile servers with a less restrictive usage policy. However, if they don't fit your needs and you want to know more about setting up your own tile server, visit switch2osm.org.

Answer 2

As far as I know, a Tile Server is a server that hosts the OSM map. You can create your own Tile Server and replicate data to that server from another Tile Server.