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/ Command line tools"],"sub_categories":[],"readme":"[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/geometalab/Vector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugin.svg?branch=dev-qgis3)](https://travis-ci.org/geometalab/Vector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugin)\n[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/geometalab/Vector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugin/branch/dev-qgis3/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/geometalab/Vector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugin)\n[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/ambv/black)\n\n# Vector Tiles Reader QGIS-Plugin\n\nThis Python plugin reads Mapbox Vector Tiles (MVT) from vector tile servers, local MBTiles files or from a directory in zxy structure.\n\n![](sample_data/ui.png)\n\n## Help\nA help can be found here: https://github.com/geometalab/Vector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugin/wiki/Help\n\n## Styling\nThe plugin can create a QGIS styling from a Mapbox GL JSON style on the fly.\n\n![](sample_data/osm_bright.png)\n\n![](sample_data/klokantech_basic.png)\n\n\n## License\n\nThe Vector Tile Reader plugin is released under the GNU license (see LICENSE)\n\n## Contributors\n\nVector Tile Reader has been developed by\n\n* Martin Boos\n\nAcknowledgments:\n\n* Stefan Keller\n* Dijan Helbling\n* Nicola Jordan\n* Raphael Das Gupta\n* Carmelo Schumacher\n\n## Docker Tests\n\n```\ndocker-compose build qgis2\ndocker-compose run -d --name qgis2 qgis2\ndocker exec -it qgis2 sh -c \"qgis_testrunner.sh vector_tiles_reader\"\n```\n\n\n## Technical documentation\n\nName conventions for Vector Tiles Reader QGIS Plugin:\n\n* Official full name : \"Vector Tiles Reader\" or \"Vector Tiles Reader QGIS-Plugin\"\n* Camel Case no space: \"VectorTilesReader\"\n* Lower Case no space: \"vector_tiles_reader\"\n* Abbreviated names  : \"VT Reader\" or \"vtr\"\n\n## Requirements\n* QGIS 3\n* This Plugin was tested on Ubuntu 17.10, Windows 10 and OSX\n\n## Installation\n### QGIS Plugins\nDownload the latest published release inside QGIS:\n1. _Plugins_ -\u003e _Manage and Install Plugins..._\n2. Search for 'Vector Tiles Reader'\n3. Install\n\n### Windows (QGIS 3)\n```\n:: Set the path on the next line to the directory where the plugin is located\n\nset PATH_TO_VTR=\"C:\\DEV\\Vector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugin\"\nmklink /D \"%appdata%\\QGIS\\QGIS3\\profiles\\default\\python\\plugins\\vector_tiles_reader\" %PATH_TO_VTR%\n\n:: Make sure the IDE knows about the qgis package (run in admin console)\nmklink /D \"%programfiles%\\QGIS 3.6\\apps\\Python37\\Lib\\site-packages\\qgis\" \"%programfiles%\\QGIS 3.6\\apps\\qgis\\python\\qgis\"\n```\n\n### Ubuntu (QGIS 3)\n```\nln -sr ./ ~/.local/share/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/default/python/plugins/Vector-Tile-Reader\n```\n\n### OSX\nLocation of QGIS plugins directory:\n\nQGIS|Path\n---|---\n2 | ~/.qgis2/python/plugins\n3 | ~/Library/Application\\ Support/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/default/python/plugins\n\n```\nls -s ./\n```\n\n## FAQ\n\n#### How can I use the server connection feature?\n\nAny vector tile service, implementing the [TileJSON specification](https://github.com/mapbox/tilejson-spec/tree/master/2.2.0) with the [vector_layers extension](https://github.com/mapbox/tilejson-spec/issues/14) should work.\n\nFor the feature to work, you have to create a connection using a URL pointing to the TileJSON of the tile service.\n\nFor example you can use `https://api.maptiler.com/tiles/v3/tiles.json?key={API-KEY}` and get your own API-Key from [MapTiler Cloud](https://cloud.maptiler.com/)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fgeometalab%2FVector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugin","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fgeometalab%2FVector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugin","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fgeometalab%2FVector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugin/lists"}