Getting started

Server runs on port 6767, it connects to mapbox api with given MAPBOX_TOKEN and via this api provides following routes

Before running

1. create own .env file with MAPBOX_TOKEN (from https://account.mapbox.com/)

// .env
MAPBOX_TOKEN={your token here}

2. install nodemon globally

npm i -g nodemon

3. install dependencies

npm install

Routes

/mapbox

Retrieves and saves locally all tiles defined by bounding box set in the url query expressed in lon/lat value

query params: n = north edge e = east edge w = west edge s = south edge z = zoom level as in mapbox (0-21) t = type of map ( for example satellite, terrain-rgb)

example of query: http://localhost:6767/mapbox?n=28.61&e=-16.11&s=27.99&w=-16.93&z=2&t=terrain-rgb

Files are saved in ./assets directory.

/texture

Stitches together given tiles ands saves stiched file as a one texture

NOTE: /mapbox route neeeds to be called first to save the tiles)

query params: type = satellite or terrain-rgb (and other accepted mapbox types) zoom = number, typically 0-21 describing zoom level

example of query: http://localhost:6767/texture?type=terrain-rgb&zoom=2

File is saved in ./assets directory.