MVT Format

Read Mapbox Vector Tiles (.mvt / .pbf) as flattened layer features.

Overview

Property	Value
Format id	mvt (alias pbf)
Class	MVTIterable
Extensions	.mvt, .pbf
Read	Yes
Write	No
Extra	mvt (mapbox-vector-tile)
Maturity	stable

Record shape

{
    "layer": "roads",
    "geometry": {...},
    "properties": {"name": "Main St"},
    "type": 3,
    "id": 42,
}

totals() returns the feature count across layers. The tile is decoded in memory.

Usage

from iterable import open_iterable

with open_iterable("tile.mvt") as source:
    for feat in source:
        print(feat["layer"], feat["properties"])

Install with pip install iterabledata[mvt].

See also

• GeoJSON — JSON geographic features
• TopoJSON — topology-encoded maps
• Supported formats