Documentation on use about vector-datasource HOT 4 CLOSED

Hi @beechnut -- certainly there's a need for more in-depth docs and tutorials (particularly showing how to apply the tiles to rendering or other uses). We hope to provide those at some point! That said, have you see the basic docs on tile/data format?

https://github.com/mapzen/vector-datasource/wiki/Mapzen-Vector-Tile-Service

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@beechnut @bcamper This seems like an interesting project. Could you provide example on how to use these vector tiles in applications such as QGIS, ArcGIS, or in an online web map?

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oh cool, I figured out how to get them into QGIS! from this link: http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/17035/how-to-display-geojson-from-an-url-in-a-layer

I clicked on add vector layer, Protocol, then used the example buildings uri: http://vector.mapzen.com/osm/buildings/16/19293/24641.json

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@d3netxer Have a look at tangram for how the data can be rendered:

• https://mapzen.com/tangram
• https://github.com/tangrams/tangram

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