vector-tile-py

DEPRECATED: the module is not being maintained and was never used for production purposes. For more actively developed vector tile libraries see https://github.com/mapbox/vector-tile-js (Javascript) and https://github.com/mapbox/vector-tile (C++)

This library reads Mapbox Vector Tiles and allows access to the layers and features.

It is only a very limited demo (only supports points) at this point and not a generic or multi-purpose library.

Depends

• Python 2.x || 3.x
• Google protobuf python bindings

Install

pip install -r requirements.txt --user

Test

python tests.py

Examples

Example showing how to create a vector tile with a single layer with a single feature with a point:

python example.py

Now let's get some real vector tile samples:

git clone https://github.com/mapbox/mvt-fixtures.git

We can inspect the tile data, printing a summary:

python tile-raw-info.py ./mvt-fixtures/real-world/nepal/13-6041-3426.mvt

We can also dump the data as GeoJSON:

python tile-info.py ./mvt-fixtures/real-world/nepal/13-6041-3426.mvt -t 13/6041/3426 > nepal.geojson

Regenerating the protobuf bindings

git clone https://github.com/mapbox/vector-tile-spec.git
protoc ./vector-tile-spec/2.1/vector_tile.proto --python_out=vector_tile/ --proto_path ./vector-tile-spec/2.1/