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Update help text for `pmtiles extract`

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Description

Thank you for PMTiles — it's been so helpful to me!

While reading the docs for pmtiles extract, I noticed a few things that could be tweaked for clarity:

  1. --bbox isn't listed under Options
  2. --region says "a GeoJSON Polygon, Multipolygon, Feature, or FeatureCollection", but I think it might help to add the purpose of the option and how it will be used (i.e. is it a spatial join between the features and tiles?)
  3. It would be helpful to know what the default are for any options that have them.

I think these minor edits will help newcomers like myself get started with the CLI even faster 😄

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Research direction

Start with the linked CLI documentation section for pmtiles extract and review its Options list and descriptions. Add --bbox, explain the purpose and use of --region, and document defaults where applicable; done means the extract help text is clearer and complete for newcomers.

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Domain
cli, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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1/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
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Stale
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