mapbox-vector-tile is compatible with Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4. It is listed on PyPi as 'mapbox-vector-tile'. The recommended way to install is via pip:
$ pip install mapbox-vector-tileEncode method expects an array of layers or atleast a single valid layer. A valid layer is a dictionary with the following keys
name: layer namefeatures: an array of features. A feature is a dictionary with the following keys:geometry: representation of the feature geometry in WKT or WKBproperties: a dictionary with a few keys and their corresponding values.
>>> import mapbox_vector_tile
# Using WKT
>>> mapbox_vector_tile.encode([
{
"name": "water",
"features": [
{
"geometry":"POLYGON ((0 0, 0 1, 1 1, 1 0, 0 0))",
"properties":{
"uid":123,
"foo":"bar",
"cat":"flew"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "air",
"features": [
{
"geometry":"LINESTRING(-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932)",
"properties":{
"uid":1234,
"foo":"bar",
"cat":"flew"
}
}
]
}
])
'\x1aJ\n\x05water\x12\x1a\x08\x01\x12\x06\x00\x00\x01\x01\x02\x02\x18\x03"\x0c\t\x00\x80@\x1a\x00\x01\x02\x00\x00\x02\x0f\x1a\x03foo\x1a\x03uid\x1a\x03cat"\x05\n\x03bar"\x02 {"\x06\n\x04flew(\x80 x\x02\x1aW\n\x03air\x12\x1a\x08\x01\x12\x08\x00\x00\x01\x01\x02\x02\x03\x03\x18\x02"\n\t\x8d\x01\xaa?\x12\x00\x00\x00\x00\x1a\x03foo\x1a\x03uid\x1a\x05balls\x1a\x03cat"\x05\n\x03bar"\x03 \xd2\t"\x05\n\x03foo"\x06\n\x04flew(\x80 x\x02'
# Using WKB
>>> mapbox_vector_tile.encode([
{
"name": "water",
"features": [
{
"geometry":"\001\003\000\000\000\001\000\000\000\005\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\360?\000\000\000\000\000\000\360?\000\000\000\000\000\000\360?\000\000\000\000\000\000\360?\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000",
"properties":{
"uid":123,
"foo":"bar",
"cat":"flew"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "air",
"features": [
{
"geometry":"\001\003\000\000\000\001\000\000\000\005\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\360?\000\000\000\000\000\000\360?\000\000\000\000\000\000\360?\000\000\000\000\000\000\360?\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000",
"properties":{
"uid":1234,
"foo":"bar",
"cat":"flew"
}
}
]
}
])
'\x1aJ\n\x05water\x12\x1a\x08\x01\x12\x06\x00\x00\x01\x01\x02\x02\x18\x03"\x0c\t\x00\x80@\x1a\x00\x01\x02\x00\x00\x02\x0f\x1a\x03foo\x1a\x03uid\x1a\x03cat"\x05\n\x03bar"\x02 {"\x06\n\x04flew(\x80 x\x02\x1aY\n\x03air\x12\x1c\x08\x01\x12\x08\x00\x00\x01\x01\x02\x02\x03\x03\x18\x03"\x0c\t\x00\x80@\x1a\x00\x01\x02\x00\x00\x02\x0f\x1a\x03foo\x1a\x03uid\x1a\x05balls\x1a\x03cat"\x05\n\x03bar"\x03 \xd2\t"\x05\n\x03foo"\x06\n\x04flew(\x80 x\x02'Decode method takes in a valid google.protobuf.message Tile and returns decoded string in the following format:
{
layername: [
{
'geometry': 'list of points',
'properties': 'dictionary of key/value pairs',
'id': 'unique id for the given feature within the layer '
},
{
# ...
}
],
layername2: [
# ...
]
}>>> import mapbox_vector_tile
>>> mapbox_vector_tile.decode('\x1aJ\n\x05water\x12\x1a\x08\x01\x12\x06\x00\x00\x01\x01\x02\x02\x18\x03"\x0c\t\x00\x80@\x1a\x00\x01\x02\x00\x00\x02\x0f\x1a\x03foo\x1a\x03uid\x1a\x03cat"\x05\n\x03bar"\x02 {"\x06\n\x04flew(\x80 x\x02\x1aY\n\x03air\x12\x1c\x08\x01\x12\x08\x00\x00\x01\x01\x02\x02\x03\x03\x18\x03"\x0c\t\x00\x80@\x1a\x00\x01\x02\x00\x00\x02\x0f\x1a\x03foo\x1a\x03uid\x1a\x05balls\x1a\x03cat"\x05\n\x03bar"\x03 \xd2\t"\x05\n\x03foo"\x06\n\x04flew(\x80 x\x02')
{
'water': [
{
'geometry': [[0, 0], [0, 1], [1, 1], [1, 0], [0, 0]],
'properties': {
'foo': 'bar',
'uid': 123,
'cat': 'flew'
},
'id': 1
}
],
'air': [
{
'geometry': [[0, 0], [0, 1], [1, 1], [1, 0], [0, 0]],
'properties': {
'foo': 'bar',
'uid': 1234,
'balls': 'foo',
'cat': 'flew'
},
'id': 1
}
]
}