How are vector tiles used in Mapbox applications?
With MTS, you use sets of configuration options ( tileset recipes) to transform your geospatial data into vector tiles. The resulting tiles are hosted on Mapbox servers for use in your applications. Vector tilesets are helpful if you want to visualize a large amount of data on a map quickly.
How does the Mapbox tiling Service ( MTS ) work?
Mapbox Tiling Service (MTS) is a tool for creating vector tilesets. With MTS, you use sets of configuration options (tileset recipes) to transform your geospatial data into vector tiles. The resulting tiles are hosted on Mapbox servers for use in your applications.
How do I update my tiles in Mapbox?
To update your tileset’s tiles without changing the tileset ID or the tileset recipe, use the –replace flag in the upload-source command, which automatically deletes the original tileset source and creates a new tileset source with your updated geographic source data.
Are there different types of vector tiles in CartoCSS?
Mapnik vector tiles support multiple geometry types in the same layer. The Mapbox Streets source takes advantage of this for some layers. A geometry in the vector tile can be one of 3 types: In CartoCSS you can select one or two of the 3 types by filtering on the special mapnik::geometry_type property.
Is the openmaptiles Map Server compatible with raster tiles?
The main task of the OpenMapTiles Map Server is to provide you with vector map tiles, however, it covers more than that. Backward compatibility with third-party software is important to us. Therefore, if your library, end-user device or third-party software doesn’t support vector tiles, there is a fallback mode with raster tiles.
How to host your own vector tile server?
As pointed out by @Greg, instead of TileStream (my first attempt) you should use Tilelive to host your own vector tiles. Tilelive isn’t a server itself but a backend framework that deals with tiles in different formats from different sources.