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It supports only\ntiled data, including vector or image tiles and interactivity grid tiles. Only the\nSpherical Mercator projection is supported for presentation (tile display),\nand only latitude-longitude coordinates are supported for metadata such\nas bounds and centers.\n\nIt is a minimum specification, only specifying the ways in which data\nmust be retrievable. Thus MBTiles files can internally compress and optimize\ndata, and construct views that adhere to the MBTiles specification.\n\nUnlike [Spatialite](http://www.gaia-gis.it/spatialite/), GeoJSON,\nand Rasterlite, MBTiles is not raw data storage. It is storage\nfor tiled data, like rendered map tiles.\n\nOne MBTiles file represents a single tileset, optionally including grids\nof interactivity data. 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The specs integrate but do not require each other\nfor compliance.\n\n# [Implementations](https://github.com/mapbox/mbtiles-spec/wiki/Implementations).\n\n# License\n\nThe text of this specification is licensed under a\n[Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/).\nHowever, the use of this spec in products and code is entirely free:\nthere are no royalties, restrictions, or requirements.\n\n# Authors\n\n* Eric Fischer (ericfischer)\n* Konstantin Kaefer (kkaefer)\n* Tom MacWright (tmcw)\n* Justin Miller (incanus)\n* Paul Norman (pnorman)\n* Blake Thompson (flippmoke)\n* Will White (willwhite)\n","funding_links":[],"categories":["Spatial Database","Spatial Databases"],"sub_categories":["Jupyter based training workshops"],"project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fmapbox%2Fmbtiles-spec","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fmapbox%2Fmbtiles-spec","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fmapbox%2Fmbtiles-spec/lists"}