#MAPTILER BASIC TILES DOWNLOAD#

The following OpenMapTiles Mapbox GL styles Bright, Positron, Basic and Fiord were converted using mapbox2qgis and QGIS MapTiler plugin. OpenMapTiles conversion tool was used to generate the tiles from OpenStreetMap to vector tiles. CreditsĪll the data used in this blog post was from OpenStreetMap server by Geofabrik. In the next post, we will explore different options within QGIS or other 3rd party tools to generate vector tiles. This will ensure future changes to the data schema will be addressed by the plugin.Įxample of styles converted from Mapbox GL to QGIS from Maptiler QGIS plugin The plugin has been further extended and developed by MapTiler to better handle the OpenMapTiles data schema. We initially developed a tool to convert the json files to QGIS style. The OpenMapTiles repo contains some excellent Mapbox GL styles. To set up filters, you can use the identify tool in QGIS to inspect geometries of your vector tile:Ĭurrently, the most common format to store vector tiles styles are Mapbox GL (json). Similar to vectors and rasters, styles for vector tiles can be stored in QML format. Style and labelling can be dependent on the zoom level. You can define a set of rules for features and apply style and label. Vector tiles contain points, line and polygon geometries. The plugin should be available on the QGIS plugin repository. To use MapTiler data, we recommend using their dedicated QGIS plugin, which comes with vector tiles in different styles. In the example below, vector tiles from MapTiler are added to QGIS: You need to have the URL and possibly API key to add them in your QGIS. For raster tiles, you have to add a URL to TileJSON. Note that if you add a URL to TileJSON, you will get only tiles data with basic QGIS styling. You can access vector tiles served through the web. For vector tiles, you can add either URL to style.json or TileJSON.

#MAPTILER BASIC TILES DOWNLOAD#

Download Input app (for iOS you need the TestFlight version of the app), head to Projects > Explore and download saberlogpost-vectortile. You can also test this project on your mobile device. As an example, you can use this QGIS project which contains Switzerland vector tiles (maximum zoom level =14). Alternatively, you can connect to a local vector tile file(s) from the Data Source Manager or the Browser Panel. If you have an MBTiles file containing vector tiles, you can simply drag and drop the layer in QGIS.

In this blog post, we are exploring different methods to add your vector tiles and style them. After a successful crowdfunding campaign to support Vector Tiles in QGIS, we have been busy adding new features for the upcoming release (3.14).

Maptiler basic tiles