spatialpack tiles

Synopsis

spatialpack tiles <command> [options]

Description

Vector tile generation commands.

Generate PMTiles from GeoParquet files for efficient web visualization.

Commands

Command	Description
tiles info	Display PMTiles metadata.
tiles pmtiles	Convert GeoParquet to PMTiles vector tiles.
tiles validate	Validate a PMTiles file.

Examples

# Convert GeoParquet to PMTiles
spatialpack tiles pmtiles input.parquet -o output.pmtiles

# Inspect PMTiles metadata
spatialpack tiles info output.pmtiles

# Validate PMTiles file
spatialpack tiles validate output.pmtiles

Command Details

tiles info

Display PMTiles metadata.

Shows information about a PMTiles file including zoom levels, bounds, and layer metadata.

spatialpack tiles info FILE_PATH

Arguments

FILE_PATH — path (required)

spatialpack tiles info output.pmtiles

tiles pmtiles

Convert GeoParquet to PMTiles vector tiles.

Creates a PMTiles archive containing vector tiles at multiple zoom levels for efficient web visualization. Uses tippecanoe for high-quality tile generation.

spatialpack tiles pmtiles INPUT_PATH [options]

Arguments

INPUT_PATH — path (required)

Options:

Option	Type	Default	Description
-o, --output	path	-	Output PMTiles file path
--layer	text	-	Layer name in tileset (default: derived from filename)
--min-zoom	integer	0	Minimum zoom level (default: 0)
--max-zoom	integer	14	Maximum zoom level (default: 14)
--simplification	float	-	Simplification factor for geometry (default: auto)
--no-drop-densest	flag	false	Don’t drop features in dense areas

# Basic conversion
spatialpack tiles pmtiles input.parquet -o output.pmtiles

# Custom zoom range
spatialpack tiles pmtiles input.parquet -o output.pmtiles \
    --min-zoom 5 --max-zoom 16

# Custom layer name
spatialpack tiles pmtiles input.parquet -o output.pmtiles \
    --layer my_layer

tiles validate

Validate a PMTiles file.

Checks that the file is a valid PMTiles archive.

spatialpack tiles validate FILE_PATH

Arguments

FILE_PATH — path (required)

spatialpack tiles validate output.pmtiles