@maplibre/mlt

maplibre-tile-spec

This package contains a JavaScript encoder and decoder for the experimental MapLibre Tile (MLT) vector tile format.

Install

npm install @maplibre/mlt

Quickstart

Decode a tile

import { decodeTile } from '@maplibre/mlt';

const data = fs.readFileSync(tilePath);
const tile = decodeTile(data);

Encode a tile

import { encodeTile, type Layer } from '@maplibre/mlt';

const layers: Layer[] = [
    {
        name: 'places',
        features: [
            {
                id: 1,
                geometry: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [10, 20] },
                properties: { name: 'Example' },
            },
        ],
    },
];

const data = encodeTile(layers);

Contents

Code

Code is in src/.

Tests

Tests are in test/unit/. Run tests by running npm run test. currently not integrated