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DEPRECATED - Parses vector tiles with Python
https://github.com/mapbox/vector-tile-py

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DEPRECATED - Parses vector tiles with Python

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mapbox/vector-tile-py
• Owner: mapbox
• License: other
• Archived: true
• Created: 2014-04-13T14:34:14.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-12-17T23:00:50.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-18T02:42:56.262Z (6 months ago)
• Language: Python
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• Size: 51.8 KB
• Stars: 32
• Watchers: 125
• Forks: 12
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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README

        
vector-tile-py

==============

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mapbox/vector-tile-py.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mapbox/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](https://github.com/mapbox/vector-tile-spec) 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/

```