/vt-map

Vector tile map hosted on Github pages.

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vt-map

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This is a simple tool to create vector tile map on Github pages.

This repository is no londer used. It has been moved to narwassco/vt!

Installation

tippecanoe

This module uses tippecanoe to convert geojson files to mbtiles. Please make sure to install it before running.

for MacOS

$ brew install tippecanoe

for Ubuntu

$ git clone https://github.com/mapbox/tippecanoe.git
$ cd tippecanoe
$ make -j
$ make install

main module

git clone https://github.com/narwassco/vt-map.git
npm install

Configuration

All the settings are in config.js, so please make sure your own settings on this file before producing vector tile.

Please create app-docker.env file under project root directory to put environment variable for database settings.

export_dir=/tmp/src/vt-map

db_user=postgres
db_password=Your password
db_host=host.docker.internal
db_post=5432
db_name=narwassco

The stylefile style.json under this repository is just for checking the vector tile data.

We are managing Mapbox Stylefile in narwassco/mapbox-stylefiles.

Create vector tile from your PostGIS database by using Docker

Build Docker Image

docker build -t narwassco/vt-map .

Create Vector Tile and sprite files under public directory.

docker-compose up

Create vector tile from your PostGIS database by using local Nodejs

It will retrieve the data from PostGIS as mbtiles format, then vector tiles (.mvt) were extracted under public/tiles folder.

npm run build

Deploy to gh-pages

It will push all of website contents under public folder to Github pages.

npm run deploy

License

This source code under the repository is licensed by MIT license. You can use it freely for your purposes.

However, these data under public is owned and maintained by Narok Water and Sewerage Services Company (NARWASSCO) in Kenya. It is under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which is different from main repository. You can use this data freely, but please mention our credit ©NARWASSCO,Ltd. on attribution of your web application.


Copyright (c) 2020 Narok Water and Sewerage Services Co., Ltd.