Mapbox Vector Tiles

Example of a Mapbox vector tiles map.

A simple vector tiles map. Note: Make sure to get your own Mapbox API key when using this example. No map will be visible when the API key has expired.

main.js

import 'ol/ol.css';
import MVT from 'ol/format/MVT';
import Map from 'ol/Map';
import VectorTileLayer from 'ol/layer/VectorTile';
import VectorTileSource from 'ol/source/VectorTile';
import View from 'ol/View';
import {Fill, Icon, Stroke, Style, Text} from 'ol/style';

const key =
  'Your Mapbox access token from https://mapbox.com/ here';

const map = new Map({
  layers: [
    new VectorTileLayer({
      declutter: true,
      source: new VectorTileSource({
        attributions:
          '© <a href="https://www.mapbox.com/map-feedback/">Mapbox</a> ' +
          '© <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright">' +
          'OpenStreetMap contributors</a>',
        format: new MVT(),
        url:
          'https://{a-d}.tiles.mapbox.com/v4/mapbox.mapbox-streets-v6/' +
          '{z}/{x}/{y}.vector.pbf?access_token=' +
          key,
      }),
      style: createMapboxStreetsV6Style(Style, Fill, Stroke, Icon, Text),
    }),
  ],
  target: 'map',
  view: new View({
    center: [0, 0],
    zoom: 2,
  }),
});

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Mapbox Vector Tiles</title>
    <!-- Pointer events polyfill for old browsers, see https://caniuse.com/#feat=pointer -->
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/elm-pep@1.0.6/dist/elm-pep.js"></script>
    <!-- The lines below are only needed for old environments like Internet Explorer and Android 4.x -->
    <script src="https://cdn.polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features=fetch,requestAnimationFrame,Element.prototype.classList,TextDecoder"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/core-js/3.18.3/minified.js"></script>
    <script src="https://openlayers.org/en/v6.13.1-dev/examples/resources/mapbox-streets-v6-style.js"></script>
    <style>
      .map {
        width: 100%;
        height:400px;
      }
      .map {
        background: #f8f4f0;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map" class="map"></div>
    <script src="main.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

package.json

{
  "name": "mapbox-vector-tiles",
  "dependencies": {
    "ol": "6.13.1-dev"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "parcel": "^2.0.0"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "parcel index.html",
    "build": "parcel build --public-url . index.html"
  }
}