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Is there a way to install TileMill on Mapbox?
TileMill is no longer available to download, but you can install it from source using the instructions in its GitHub repository. Note that the Mapbox support team is not able to troubleshoot issues with TileMill. Creating a new map? Mapbox Studio is the modern alternative to TileMill.
Can a SVG image be used in Mapbox Studio?
The Mapbox Studio style editor supports the SVG format for icons and patterns. Studio uses SVG because it’s scalable and supports devices with a range of screen resolutions.
What can I do with map box studio?
Use Mapbox Studio to build and design a map to your exact specifications by uploading and editing your own data, utilizing Mapbox-provided tilesets, adding custom fonts and icons, or refining the built-in core styles. With Mapbox Studio, full data management and design control are at your fingertips. What can I do with Mapbox Studio?
How to increase the size of an image in Mapbox Studio?
If you adjust an icon’s size in the Mapbox Studio style editor or in code, you might notice that it seems fuzzy or dithered. To keep your icons crisp, set the size property to 1. And if you want to display a larger image on the map, upload a larger SVG.
How to create vector tiles in Mapbox Studio?
As presented in a talk at FOSS4G Mapbox Studio allows to create Mapbox vector tiles and export them as a .mbtiles file. The mapbox-gl.js library can be used to dynamically style and render Mapbox vector tiles on client (browser) side.
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.
How to create a virtual machine for tileserver?
Under Mac OS X and Windows it runs in a couple of minutes with the Kitematic graphical user interface: https://kitematic.com/. In Kitematic just search for “tileserver-php” and start the ready to use container/virtual machine with the project inside.
How to read tiles from a.mbtiles file?
To read tiles from a .mbtiles source as exported by Mapbox Studio, you need the node-mbtiles tilelive module. Side note: Current Mapbox Studio has a bug under Windows and OS X that prevents an exported .mbtiles file to show up at your chosen destination.
How to embed a Mapbox map in a web page?
From Windows Explorer or your file browser, double-click testmap.html to open it in a browser. You should see your Mapbox map inside. Note that you must be connected to the Internet for this step to work because the above code is configured to retrieve the Leaflet API online (rather than from your own machine).
Where to find Lat and Lon in Mapbox?
You should be able to see your lat and lon in the header bar in the Mapbox editor. Save the changes you made to testmap.html. From Windows Explorer or your file browser, double-click testmap.html to open it in a browser. You should see your Mapbox map inside.