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Where does Mapbox get its data from?
Mapbox Terrain is comprised of a wide variety of data sources from government-provided datasets as well as third-party commercial data. To learn more about the datasets in the Mapbox Terrain tileset, visit our mapping platform page.
How does Mapbox API work?
Mapbox GL fetches geospatial data from vector tiles and style instructions from a style document and helps the client draw 2D and 3D Mapbox maps as dynamic visual graphics with OpenGL.
Why did my upload fail in Mapbox Studio?
Upload failures directly in Mapbox Studio typically occur for two reasons: There’s an explicit issue with your data. The data didn’t process within one hour (two hours for MBTiles files). If there is an explicit issue with your data, you will receive a descriptive error message when the upload fails.
How big of a file can I upload to MapBox?
Uploads created in Mapbox Studio via the Mapbox Studio style editor, your tilesets page, or exported from a dataset using the dataset editor are subject to additional limits. These uploads cannot exceed 300 MB, and are limited to 20 uploads per month. Some file types have limits below 300 MB. See the chart below for limits by file type.
Is there a way to upload vector data to MapBox?
Mapbox Tiling Service (MTS) has several beta endpoints that allow you to create custom vector tilesets. You can use these endpoints as an alternative to the Uploads API for tiling vector data using custom configuration rules. While these endpoints are in beta, they are subject to potential changes.
How do I add data to a Mapbox dataset?
To add your data to a dataset, you can create a new, blank dataset through Mapbox Studio or through the Mapbox Datasets API and then add data to it. Note that the Mapbox Datasets API does not date GeoJSON files as uploads, but rather as the body of a POST request. See the Mapbox Datasets API documentation for more information.