mapbox / mapbox/vector-tile-spec

Make tile_zoom mandatory in the 3.0 specification

Open
#136 5 comments 1 reaction 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
No language data
Stars
1k
Forks
213
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

The missing zoom level in the tiles is the biggest design flaw in the 2.x specification as without it you can not handle the MVT(PBF) files like ordinary images. When the _tile_zoom_ is left optional in the specification, image plugins (like [QtPBFImagePlugin](https://github.com/tumic0/QtPBFImagePlugin)) can not be updated to (reliable) enable working with MVT(PBF) files like ordinary images at least for v.3 tiles.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Review the 2.x and 3.0 specification text and locate the definition of tile_zoom. Check how its optionality is currently expressed and whether related 3.0 wording is consistent. Done means the 3.0 specification clearly requires tile_zoom and documents the requirement.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.