Download Saint David map in Mapbox Vector Tiles format
A map built from OpenStreetMap data, ready to download
Customize the map
Open this place's area in the constructor and adjust everything to your needs
Open in constructor →Map passport
What this map contains by default
This is how the map is built as-is — every setting can be changed in the constructor.
.mvt
About Mapbox Vector Tiles
Map of Saint David in Mapbox Vector Tiles: 7 474 buildings, 182 km of roads, 116 points of interest, 100% green areas — in the WGS 84 coordinate system, units are meters.
Which layers are in the file
This file for the selected area contains:
- Roads
- Buildings
- Water
- Greenery
- Points of interest
Geometry by layer
- Roads — lines in vector tiles, layered by road class
- Buildings — building polygons in vector tiles
- Water — water polygons in vector tiles
- Greenery — green-zone polygons in vector tiles
- Points of interest — points of interest in vector tiles
What the file carries
The Mapbox Vector Tiles file for Saint David: features are split into named layers, OpenStreetMap tags are kept as feature attributes.
File size
The expected size of the Mapbox Vector Tiles file for Saint David is about 1.8 MB; the exact size depends on the chosen layers and area.
Coordinate systems
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326), selectable in the wizard
Units
Meters (projected in the chosen coordinate system)
| Category | GIS |
| File extension | .mvt |
| Tier | Open Beta |
How to use Mapbox Vector Tiles for Saint David
- Static hosting (Nginx, S3, GitHub Pages) — unpack the archive so that addresses of the form /tiles/{z}/{x}/{y}.pbf are served as files, and point the style at that template as its source.
- MapLibre GL JS or Mapbox GL JS — add a source of type vector with the field tiles: ["https://your-domain/tiles/{z}/{x}/{y}.pbf"] and write the style layers; without a style vector tiles will not be drawn.
- QGIS (free) — in the Browser panel create a Vector Tiles connection of type "Directory" and point it at the unpacked folder: the tiles open locally, with no server.
Programs that open Mapbox Vector Tiles
FAQ: Mapbox Vector Tiles for Saint David
What does the result look like?
A ZIP archive with a z/x/y.pbf hierarchy and (if the generator produced it) metadata.json. Unpack it onto static hosting or wire it to a tile server.
How does MVT differ from PMTiles and MBTiles?
MVT is a single-tile format. PMTiles and MBTiles are containers holding the very same MVT tiles; they differ only in how tiles are stored and served.
What happens if the MVT driver is missing?
The export won't fail: the archive will include the source GeoJSON with a README and an ogr2ogr command so you can convert it yourself.
Why are the tiles invisible on the map after I connect them?
A vector tile contains no styling: without a style file there is nothing to draw. Describe layers in style.json referring to your source and to the layer names inside the tiles (roads, buildings and others) — after that the map appears.
Which zoom levels get built?
By default 0 through 14, with a maximum capped at 16 so that the archive size stays reasonable. At zoom 14 individual buildings are visible; for larger-scale plans expect the number of files to grow.
