Vector Tiles API v2
Introduction
Vector Tiles API is a service to fetch interactive map-tiles from NextBillion.ai’s vector tile set. A vector tile contains the vector data about the geometries and metadata - like road names, place names etc in the form of points, lines and polygons. These tiles can be used as a source for styling or for creating an interactive map experience for your users.
Fetch Vector Tile Rendering Styles
Use this endpoint to fetch style specifications for rendering map tiles using common libraries such as nbmap-gl , maplibre-gl or mapbox-gl-js
Request Parameters
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The response of this endpoint is a JSON file which follows the standard Maplibre GL style and Mapbox GL style structures. Please refer to the linked sources for more information.
The JSON response is compatible with nbmap-gl, maplibre-gl-js and mapbox-gl-js, also including native Android, iOS Map SDKs by NextBillion.ai.
Sample Query
Fetch Vector Tile Definitions
The tile definitions are generally automatically loaded by the map libraries. The following endpoint however, is useful in case the definitions need to be fetched exclusively. Upon making a successful request the tile definitions are returned in the response.
Request Parameters
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The response for this endpoint is a JSON file which follows the standard Mapbox Vector Tiles schema. Please refer to the linked sources for more information.
The JSON response is compatible with nbmap-gl, maplibre-gl-js and mapbox-gl-js, also including native Android, iOS Map SDKs by NextBillion.ai.
Sample Query
Fetch Vector Tile information
This endpoint returns the requested tiles data in protobuf format (.pbf). The .pbf response then can be rendered to display the map tile using common map libraries or any GIS software.
Request Parameters
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The response from this endpoint follows the protobuf format. Consume the .pbf through common map libraries or a GIS software to display the map tile on any web or mobile application.
