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Mapbox Vector Tile specification

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Last GitHub push: Jun 29, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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43 issues indexed so far

Support multiple values for tags and opaque tag byte tag values. Open

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#157 · Opened Jun 18, 2024
Current spec is not friendly for massive points. Open

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#153 · Opened Jan 19, 2023
Maximum number of vertices Open

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#149 · Opened Jun 8, 2021
Typo in §4.4 Open

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#148 · Opened Apr 17, 2021
Vector tile verification program Open

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#145 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 3, 2020
Add byte array to Values message Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#142 · 5 comments · Opened Aug 26, 2019
Support 'correction-of-prediction' encoding for linestrings Open

Future Release

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#137 · 2 comments · Opened May 12, 2019
Make tile_zoom mandatory in the 3.0 specification Open

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#136 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 20, 2019
Clarify 'extent` description Open

enhancement

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#135 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 18, 2018
Representation of coordinate attributes in GeoJSON Open

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#134 · Opened Oct 31, 2018
Numerically equal attribute values are equivalent Open

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#124 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 22, 2018
Tile-level properties (Values) Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

mapbox/vector-tile-spec#116 · Opened Jul 17, 2018
Splines Type Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#114 · 7 comments · Opened Jul 16, 2018
Topology Open

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#113 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 14, 2018
3D feature discussion Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#111 · 11 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Apr 16, 2018
Support GeometryCollection? Open

3.0 Specification

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

mapbox/vector-tile-spec#110 · 4 comments · Opened Apr 9, 2018
Tile Continuity with Updating Tiles Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#108 · 9 comments · Opened Apr 4, 2018
Private-use messages Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#107 · Opened Mar 29, 2018
Encoding features that can be “merged” from multiple tiles Open

3.0 Specification

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

mapbox/vector-tile-spec#104 · 19 comments · 17 reactions · Opened Mar 22, 2018
Announcing Vector Tile 3.0 Specification Development Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#103 · 4 comments · 61 reactions · Opened Mar 20, 2018
Registry of special attributes Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#102 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 13, 2018
Nice To have: BBox or Centroid per Feature Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#101 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 11, 2017
[2.1] Feature ID datatype Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#94 · 13 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 17, 2017
Extension for per-node attributes Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#93 · 6 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Nov 1, 2016
1st ring is negative area Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

mapbox/vector-tile-spec#92 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 26, 2016
proto3 support Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

mapbox/vector-tile-spec#90 · 10 comments · Opened Oct 3, 2016
specify maximum buffer Open

3.0 Specification

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

mapbox/vector-tile-spec#82 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 12, 2016
Adopt explicit MultiPoint, MultiLineString, and MultiPolygon types Open

3.0 Specification

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

mapbox/vector-tile-spec#77 · 6 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 17, 2016
Allow altitude to be encoded Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

mapbox/vector-tile-spec#76 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 10, 2016
How are property values that are objects/arrays encoded in vector tiles? Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#75 · 39 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 3, 2016
Restore MUST requirement for version field first Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#64 · 7 comments · Opened Feb 25, 2016
"tags" ⇢ "properties" Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#63 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 23, 2016
Null values should be allowed Open

3.0 Specification enhancement

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#62 · 6 comments · Opened Feb 22, 2016
Raster Field in Features Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#50 · 18 comments · Opened Nov 19, 2015
ClosePath does not move the Cursor Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#49 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 19, 2015
Remove Optional From Layer Extent Open

3.0 Specification

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 30/100

mapbox/vector-tile-spec#47 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 19, 2015
Usage of default values in protobuf Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#46 · Opened Nov 19, 2015
v2 spec UNKNOWN geometry type Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#45 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 19, 2015
Inefficient encoding of key/values in Layer Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#44 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 19, 2015
Vector tile verification program? Open

question

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#42 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 19, 2015
Add More Examples Open

help wanted

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#40 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 18, 2015
Efficient encoding of points Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#35 · 5 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Sep 29, 2015
Linear feature end points at tile boundaries Open

3.0 Specification

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mapbox/vector-tile-spec#6 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 14, 2014

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