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# QtPBFImagePlugin
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Qt image plugin for displaying Mapbox vector tiles
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## Description
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QtPBFImagePlugin is a Qt image plugin that enables applications capable of
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displaying raster MBTiles maps or raster XYZ online maps to also display
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PBF(MVT) vector tiles without (almost, see usage) any application modifications.
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Standard Mapbox GL Styles are used for styling the maps. Most relevant style
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features used by [Maputnik](https://maputnik.github.io/editor) are supported.
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A default fallback style (OSM-Liberty) for OpenMapTiles is part of the plugin.
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"Plain" PBF files as well as gzip compressed files (as used in MBTiles) are
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supported by the plugin. The tile size is (since version 2.0 of the plugin) 512px
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to fit the styles and available data (OpenMapTiles, Mapbox tiles).
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## Usage
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Due to a major design flaw in the Mapbox vector tiles specification - the zoom
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is not part of the PBF data - the plugin can not be used "as is", but passing
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the zoom level is necessary. This is done by exploiting the optional *format*
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parameter of the QImage constructor or the QImage::fromData() or
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QPixmap::loadFromData() functions. The zoom number is passed as ASCII string
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to the functions:
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```cpp
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QPixmap pm;
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pm.loadFromData(tileData, QString::number(zoom).toLatin1());
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```
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The plugin supports vector scaling using QImageReader's setScaledSize() method,
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so when used like in the following example:
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```cpp
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QImageReader reader(file, QString::number(zoom).toLatin1());
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reader.setScaledSize(QSize(1024, 1024));
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reader.read(&image);
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```
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you will get 1024x1024px tiles with a pixel ratio of 2 (= HiDPI tiles).
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For a sample code see the [pbf2png](https://github.com/tumic0/pbf2png)
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conversion utility.
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## Styles
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The map style is loaded from the
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[$AppDataLocation](http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qstandardpaths.html)/style/style.json
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file on plugin load. If the style uses a sprite, the sprite JSON file must
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be named `sprite.json` and the sprite image `sprite.png` and both files must be
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placed in the same directory as the style itself. *A style compatible with the
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tiles data schema (Mapbox, OpenMapTiles, Tilezen, Ordnance Survey, Esri, ...)
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must be used.*
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For a list of "ready to use" styles see the
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[QtPBFImagePlugin-styles](https://github.com/tumic0/QtPBFImagePlugin-styles)
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repository.
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## Build
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### Requirements
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* Qt5 >= 5.11 or Qt6
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* Google Protocol Buffers (protobuf-lite)
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* Zlib
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### Build steps
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#### Linux
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```shell
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qmake pbfplugin.pro
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make
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```
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#### Windows
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```shell
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qmake PROTOBUF=path/to/protobuf ZLIB=path/to/zlib pbfplugin.pro
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nmake
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```
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#### OS X
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```shell
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qmake PROTOBUF=path/to/protobuf pbfplugin.pro
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make
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```
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## Install
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Copy the plugin to the system Qt image plugins path to make it work. You may
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also set the QT_PLUGIN_PATH system variable before starting the application. For
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Linux, there are RPM and DEB [packages](https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/home:tumic:QtPBFImagePlugin)
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for most common distros available on OBS.
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## Limitations
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* Only data that is part of the PBF file is displayed. External layers defined in the
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style are ignored.
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* Text PBF features must have a unique id (OpenMapTiles >= v3.7) for the text layout
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algorithm to work properly.
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* Expressions are not supported in the styles, only property functions are implemented.
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## Changelog
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[Changelog](https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/home:tumic:QtPBFImagePlugin/QtPBFImagePlugin/libqt5-qtpbfimageformat.changes)
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## Status
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A picture is worth a thousand words.
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#### OpenMapTiles
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* Data: [MapTiler](https://github.com/tumic0/GPXSee-maps/blob/master/World/MapTiler.tpl)
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* Style: [OSM-liberty](https://github.com/tumic0/QtPBFImagePlugin-styles/blob/master/OpenMapTiles/osm-liberty/style.json)
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#### Mapbox
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* Data: [Mapbox](https://github.com/tumic0/GPXSee-maps/blob/master/World/Mapbox.tpl)
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* Style: [Bright](https://github.com/tumic0/QtPBFImagePlugin-styles/blob/master/Mapbox/bright/style.json)
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#### Tilezen
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* Data: [HERE](https://github.com/tumic0/GPXSee-maps/blob/master/World/here-vector.tpl)
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* Style: [Apollo-Bright](https://github.com/tumic0/QtPBFImagePlugin-styles/blob/master/Tilezen/apollo-bright/style.json)
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## Applications using QtPBFImagePlugin
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* [GPXSee](https://www.gpxsee.org)
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