Vector Tiles Reader QGIS-Plugin

This Python plugin reads Mapbox Vector Tiles (MVT) from vector tile servers, local MBTiles files or from a directory in zxy structure.

Help

A help can be found here: https://github.com/geometalab/Vector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugin/wiki/Help

Styling

The plugin can create a QGIS styling from a Mapbox GL JSON style on the fly.

License

The Vector Tile Reader plugin is released under the GNU license (see LICENSE)

Contributors

Vector Tile Reader has been developed by

Martin Boos

Acknowledgments:

Stefan Keller
Dijan Helbling
Nicola Jordan
Raphael Das Gupta
Carmelo Schumacher

Docker Tests

docker-compose build qgis2
docker-compose run -d --name qgis2 qgis2
docker exec -it qgis2 sh -c "qgis_testrunner.sh vector_tiles_reader"

Technical documentation

Name conventions for Vector Tiles Reader QGIS Plugin:

Official full name : "Vector Tiles Reader" or "Vector Tiles Reader QGIS-Plugin"
Camel Case no space: "VectorTilesReader"
Lower Case no space: "vector_tiles_reader"
Abbreviated names : "VT Reader" or "vtr"

Requirements

QGIS 3
This Plugin was tested on Ubuntu 17.10, Windows 10 and OSX

Installation

QGIS Plugins

Download the latest published release inside QGIS:

Plugins -> Manage and Install Plugins...
Search for 'Vector Tiles Reader'
Install

Windows (QGIS 3)

:: Set the path on the next line to the directory where the plugin is located

set PATH_TO_VTR="C:\DEV\Vector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugin"
mklink /D "%appdata%\QGIS\QGIS3\profiles\default\python\plugins\vector_tiles_reader" %PATH_TO_VTR%

:: Make sure the IDE knows about the qgis package (run in admin console)
mklink /D "%programfiles%\QGIS 3.6\apps\Python37\Lib\site-packages\qgis" "%programfiles%\QGIS 3.6\apps\qgis\python\qgis"

Ubuntu (QGIS 3)

ln -sr ./ ~/.local/share/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/default/python/plugins/Vector-Tile-Reader

OSX

Location of QGIS plugins directory:

QGIS	Path
2	~/.qgis2/python/plugins
3	~/Library/Application\ Support/QGIS/QGIS3/profiles/default/python/plugins

ls -s ./

FAQ

How can I use the server connection feature?

Any vector tile service, implementing the TileJSON specification with the vector_layers extension should work.

For the feature to work, you have to create a connection using a URL pointing to the TileJSON of the tile service.

For example you can use https://api.maptiler.com/tiles/v3/tiles.json?key={API-KEY} and get your own API-Key from MapTiler Cloud

geometalab / Vector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugin

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