Questions tagged [vector-tiles]
A mechanism for distributing vector data following the same tile numbering scheme as widely used raster tiles. Used by Google, Mapbox and other major mapping providers.
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PyQGIS Push selected feature to identification results panel
I have selected feature on vector tile layer loaded from https://cdn.kadastr.live/tiles/maps/kadastr/land_polygons/{z}/{x}/{y}.pbf
How do I make its attributes appear in the identification results ...
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PyQGIS VectorTileLayer feature selection by coordinates
I have vector tile layer in QGIS, loaded from https://cdn.kadastr.live/tiles/maps/kadastr/land_polygons/{z}/{x}/{y}.pbf.
How to select single feature of this layer by coordinates, in PyQGIS?
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GeoServer vector tile only showing 2 decimal places
I have a point stored in the DB with the coordinates in EPSG:4326 with the lat,long in decimal degrees, like so [ -45.0692283167, 170.9912843167 ]
When I request the following vector tile, I get the ...
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How to add an Vector Tile Service to ArcMap (ArcGIS Desktop 10.5.1)
ESRI produces and provides access to several styled vector tile services (https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/basemap-styles/ ), but I'm having trouble adding those to ArcMap.
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Serve mbtiles without predefined configuration
I searching for a tileserver, what is capable to serve mbtiles only by giving path to reach the tileset.
Right now i use FME to generate mbtiles from various type of data, and i use Tileserver Gl ...
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Only blue geometries shown for protobuf vector tiles in Leaflet
I'm trying to use my vector tile server with Leaflet.
I have this index.html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
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Break down large vector features into tiles with OpenLayers
I have a large collection of points to render on a map (~50 thousands in this example, and 1 million in another map). Loading them all in memory slows-down the user experience. Therefore, I am trying ...
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Adding a vector tile layer (OGC API - Tiles) in QGIS from PyQGIS does not add styling from styleUrl
I have a OGC API endpoint that serves vector tiles in mvt. I have succeeded in adding this vector tile layer using the gui by setting up a connection with:
Layer > Add Layer > Add Vector Tile ...
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How to download geometries and attributes from a Vector Tiles service from QGIS
As shown in screenshot 1, I have configured access to a Vector Tiles service in the QGIS desktop. This service returns a layer of polygons in PBF file format.
Screenshot 1 - Setting up and loading a ...
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Raster to Vector using GDAL without dissolving vector data on like-features
Python beginner here. I am converting a raster to a vector in shapefile format. I am successful in doing this but my output isn't quite what I'm looking for. I need the output to have a "square&...
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Authenticate and load private Esri vector tile service to QGIS
I'm trying to load the following ArcGIS Vector Tile Service into QGIS.
https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/qHLhLQrcvEnxjtPr/arcgis/rest/services/GB_MasterMap_VML_BASE_v1/VectorTileServer
I already have an ...
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Converting vector tiles to shapefiles
I am relatively new to QGIS and I am not familiar with a lot of the ability and tools the program has.
I got a vector tile URL from a website about the Austrian soil rating.
https://bodenkarte.at/data/...
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Adding Vector Tiles results in 'Network request timed out' in QGIS
In QGIS 3.28 Firenze on my Windows, I am trying to create a connection to a vector tile server to request contour line tiles.
As the data are open source I can post the server address:
The server has ...
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Selecting layer for processing
I am currently trying to export a map as PBF vector tiles (Google Protocol Buffers (protobuf) details: https://protobuf.dev/ ) but I can't find a way to select the current layer in the toolbox (about ...
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QGIS, trying to load / implement JSON file/data
I tried to implement data about power lines etc. derived from open infrastructure map in my own QGIS project. The projected data appears in a completely different style and verbosity The JSON metadata ...
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Using UUID as feature ID for MVT tiles (PostGIS)
I have a PostgreSQL/PostGIS database with with rows identified by UUID.
I export those rows as vector tiles.
I want to identify the features within the tiles.
The documentation https://postgis.net/...
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maplibre-gl-leaflet treating drag as click
I have a vector tile set that I need to display as part of an existing Leaflet based application, and so I am using maplibre-gl-leaflet to render the vector data. I also need to attach a handler that ...
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Export vector tiles or save them locally using QGIS
I'm using QGIS 3.30 and have added a vector tile layer in the format https://privateurl.com/tiles/{z}/{x}/{y}.pbf. I would like to be able to export this at zoom level 14 to local files so I can do ...
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Vectortile connection labels appear on top of everything else
I have a vectortile connection using a json style with symbology and labels. Even though the layer is set under my other layers, the labels appear on top of everything else:
I know that labels ...
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Create Tiles for dynamically switch between simple Styles [closed]
My goal is to display a map that can dynamically switch between very simple styles that I will create myself. The styles should only differ in color and stroke width. If possible, I would like to use ...
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Cannot get vector-tiles pbf format on Geoserver 2.22
I have upgraded from Geoserver 2.11 to 2.22
and I have installed the vector tiles plugin for the new version as described here
But now I don't see the pbf files, trying to get them the same way as I ...
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Loading MVT services and styles using PyQGIS
I am using QGIS Desktop 3.20.0 and want to use PyQGIS to load MVTservices to the layout and output the layout and end up with a PNG image.
I can never get the styles to load properly.
Using WMS ...
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VectorTiles Basemap labels over other layer geometries in QGIS
VectorTiles Basemap (OSM host) labels are displayed above all other layer features geometries in QGIS, regardless of the layer order in the layers panel. In other words, even if the vector tiles ...
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Vector tiles - export does not contain all data
I came across the possibility of using vector tiles and I'm trying to find my way around. To test the possibilities, in QGIS I tried exporting the layer with the data obtained from OSM to XYZ vector ...
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Best way to work with large vector data files [closed]
I am about to start making 50+ maps for my next book project. The last 2 books were a struggle with the huge amount of Ontario, Canada vector data to make my basemaps.
These were large files from the ...
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Stamen Maps illustrative effect onto CAD drawing
I work in an architect studio and we often have large scale cad plans of city's or large urban areas. Is it possible to somehow get the toner effect from stamen maps (http://maps.stamen.com/#terrain/...
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Use TMS or WMTS to get vector tiles served from Geoserver in Leaflet [duplicate]
Question: Is there a reason to use a TMS over WMTS call to GeoServer to pull vector tiles?
My goal is to pull vector tiles from my Geoserver to my Leaflet-based web application. Unfortunately, the ...
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How to find vector tile URLs from GeoServer
I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out the correct WMTS call to make to my GeoServer to get vector tiles (from my Leaflet web app), which I eventually found from the GetCapabilities: http://...
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NetCDF format to vector tiles
I am new to GIS area.
Currently, I have NetCDF file and want to convert it to Vector Tiles.
I tried to use GeoServer extension for this, but it has limited flexibility on what I want.
I have come ...
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Improve Quality of Vector Tile Layer Polygons from Maptiler
I have a shapefile with a layer of Polygons that I want to convert to vector tile layers for better performance when displaying in MapLibre. I found that I was able to do so using both ArcGIS Online ...
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Translate GeoJSON tile coordinates to X,Y coordinates on canvas 500 by 500
I have GeoJSON vector tile which I want to render to HTML canvas 500 by 500. How can I translate the lat, lon coordinates of a line string to X,Y points on the canvas?
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How to calculate WMTS tile row and column from lat lon in EPSG 4326 [duplicate]
How can I calculate WMTS tile row and column from given lat lon and zoom in EPSG 4326.
In my case coordinates are 42.66955/23.32365/18 .. This should be translated somehow to TILECOL=296111 and ...
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GeoServer doesnt seed all vector tiles
When I open my layer using the preview tool (OpenLayers) .. The data folder gets populated with the correct PBF tiles. However when I use the Seed tool I get less tiles for the same zoom level. How ...
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Avoid losing information when adding vector tiles to QGIS
In Open Infrastructure Map I see things as below:
There are two types of power lines, one with 220kV (red) and another one with 60kV (brown).
But when I add this to QGIS it's all the same (green), ...
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Edit TileJSON inside MBTiles files
I want to upload a tileset (I created with tippecanoe) to mapbox. I receive the error:
Metadata exceeds limit of 60kb
Here: https://docs.mapbox.com/help/troubleshooting/uploads/ they suggest to
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Make vector tiles from this GeoPDF map
This has already been asked, sadly not a proper answer has been given.
I come here with a specific request: make vector pbf tiles from this GeoPDF map
Things I have tried:
Drag and drop the PDF ...
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Use ArcGIS basemap vector tile in Leaflet
I want to use this on my school project, I searched many ways but still not.
https://basemaps.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/OpenStreetMap_v2/VectorTileServer From https://www.arcgis.com/home/item....
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GeoServer MVT vector tile attributes
I am serving MVT vector tiles from GeoServer through its TMS api and I can't find a way to add feature attributes.
When I try to add these attributes in the edit layer/data tab, I get an error "...
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PostGIS ST_AsMVTGeom disable simplification
Is there a way to disable the geometry simplification when using the ST_AsMVTGeom() function in PostGIS? I'm generating tiles for zoom level 9 and overzoom them.
This is how it looks like when the z9 ...
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Leaflet VectorGrid - circle markers cut off at border in custom implementation
I am extending a custom class from Leaflet.VectorGrid in an effort to optimize rendering high-volume data on a leaflet map, through our api. My chosen tactic is to create a grid, where each tile is ...
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Visualizing Vector Tiles map in 3D
As I am using QGIS not for a long time I am asking myself whether there is a possibility to visualize a Vector Tiles map resource in 3D in QGIS. In comparison to common shape files there isn't an ...
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Mbtiles archive contains images and map tables
I've noticed that mbtiles generated from tippecanoe include images and map tables. However nor the tippecanoe docs nor the mbtiles spec has any info about those tables.
map seems to be a mapping ...
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Leaflet Vector Grid - cancel tile requests when not in viewport
I use Leaflet with the Leaflet.VectorGrid plugin to serve my own vector tiles (created with pg_tileserv). The tiles are automatically reloaded/updated when the user zooms in/out or is panning the map.
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Filtering OpenInfraMap vector tiles by layer name in QGIS
When I load the OpenInfraMap vector tile service in QGIS 3.28.1 (https://openinframap.org/tiles/{z}/{x}/{y}.pbf), how can I filter the data by layer name?
OpenInfraMap uses different layers as we can ...
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GeoJSON or VectorTiles for dynamic large dataset - when to use which one? [closed]
Assuming that the goal is to develop a web application with a static basemap (can be raster tiles) and multiple layers, which:
are stored in a PostGIS database
have a big amount of features
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Styling vector tiles from Carto in QGIS
The CDRC have a range of useful maps online here: https://mapmaker.cdrc.ac.uk - previously they used XYZ Tiles which could be re-used in QGIS easily but the new system uses Vector Tiles hosted on ...
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Visualize data for vector tiles in mbtiles format on private web server
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I upoaded a mbtiles file to a private webserver, but can't get the data to visualize in a webbrowser. If I open the file, a download dialog appears. So what is missing is a renderer to ...
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How to get the geometry of Vector Tiles Protobuf integrated in Leaflet
I use the Vector Grid plugin to integrate Vector Tiles (Protobuf format) in my Leaflet application. How can I access the geometry of a selected feature? I include the Vector Tiles as follows: L....
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Add Vector Tiles (Mapbox Vector Tiles) to QGIS
How to add this Vector Tile URL (Mapbox Vector Tiles) to QGIS?
https://ogc-api.nrw.de/lika/v1/collections/flurstueck/tiles/WebMercatorQuad/{z}/{y}/{x}?f=mvt
I tried Layer -> Add Layer -> Add ...
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Mapbox vector tile disappears at lower zoom levels
I am currently working with self-hosted vector tiles. These tiles are hosted on S3 and rendered on the map.
The zoom levels are from 0 to 10 and generally load on all levels since maxzoom has been ...
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