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TileMill is a tool for cartographers to quickly and easily design maps for the web using custom data.

TileMill is a tool for cartographers to quickly and easily design maps for the web using custom data. It is built on the powerful open-source map rendering library Mapnik - the same software OpenStreetMap and MapQuest use to make some of their maps. TileMill is not intended to be a general-purpose cartography tool, but rather focuses on streamlining and simplifying a narrow set of use cases.

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MapBox MB Tile vs Vector Tile

I am a bit confused about Tiles in MapBox. As I understood, a tile is a little piece of map, as in a jigsaw puzzle. MBTiles are images, but they are connected to a database to read data & let interactions be possible. So if I move the mouse, I can…
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How to create .mbtiles file?

I have tiles (png images) for an offline map and I want to create a .mbtiles-file using these tiles. Please help me how to create a .mbtiles-file using my own images not using Tilemill software? Thanks in advance.
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Leaflet Markers

I’m new to leaflet, and I’m trying to display the markers. The tutorials don’t seem to work for me. The map shows up fine, however I just can’t get a marker to display. below is my sample…
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How do I download .MBTiles (Project / Data) from my Mapbox account?

I need a .MBTiles file to store an android tablet. How do I download .MBTiles (Project / Data) from my Mapbox account? See: https://i.stack.imgur.com/IRisc.gif
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How to avoid multiple label in zoomin in tilemill

Now i am working on tilemill ,and i am facing a problem in a tilemill when i am styling zoomin a road layer that time display road layer label multiple times.How can avoid these multiple road labels name in tilemill
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mbtiles: Is it possible to draw some lines on offline mbtiles map

I have an .mbtiles file and I am using it for offline map (iOS MapBox SDK). But my .mbtiles doesn't have enough data (just simple green rectangle). I want to draw some lines(roads) between points (I download it from my rest API). I found the…
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Tilemill Export in MBTiles Format displaying infinite export time

I'm attempting to upload my map as an MBTile, and it is telling me that there are thousands of days remaining, though my map does not have enormous quantities of data. I've tried several different exports, and they have not exported any of the data…
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What does Tilemill use to make node.js into a native desktop app?

https://github.com/mapbox/tilemill I've been trying to figure out how tilemill packages their node application into a desktop application for mac, linux or windows. I've searched their github project and I do not see anything that gives any…
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Is it possible to conditionally color countries in Mapbox Studio based on data?

I am attempting to create a choropleth using the actual polygons included in any one of the base Mapbox maps. Specifically, I have a geojson structure with a data specific property in the properties object and I'd like to have a different color land…
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Exporting MBTiles from mapbox

Good day all I have stumbled on a pot of gold named Mapbox and in reading I came accross the line saying that you can"Export Studio sources as MBTiles files" Unfortunately I have not been able to find this function in Studio but I do see it in…
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Rendering mbtiles on OSM

I am new to maps. I want to render mbtiles created using TileMill on open street map using Leaflet. My question is 1)How to render it on maps? As of now I am extracting the images using this command mb-util Fair3.mbtiles ~/Documents/fair3 and then…
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combining overlays in mapbox / leaflet layers control

I'm trying to combine 2 or more overlays into one overlay checkbox. I'm using leaflet layers control with mapbox.js 1.6 to toggle my overlays. It doesn't matter to me if I combine them on mapbox.com into one data layer, or if I combine separate data…
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Tilemill error Could not create datasource for type: 'postgis' (searched for datasource plugins in '/usr/lib/mapnik/input')

Followed link OSM Quick start Had little bilt problems but i managed to perform all the steps. But when my opened my newly created project in tilemill we just mad it shows error Could not create datasource for type: 'postgis' (searched for…
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How to make mbtiles background transparent?

I am using tilemill to generate mbtiles. Does anybody know how to make mbtiles background transparent?
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Button for layers are always in active state, legend persists for 1st layer when 2 layers are added

I have a mapbox and tilemill layer problem: Check out my code here: http://bl.ocks.org/marishaf/3cc9bfbeb412c1120e93 Layer buttons ALWAYS look like they're in the "active" mode, although they still load and unload layers. Legends load for each…
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