[GIS] MapBox; Use style as tileset

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Is it possible to use a MapBox style as a tileset? I would like to add the style as a tile layer in QGIS.

I can access tiles from my tilesets in a browser.

http://api.tiles.mapbox.com/v4/dbauszus.9ezmpldi/14/8187/5443.png?access_token={}

When I substitute the tileset map id dbauszus.9ezmpldi with my style map id dbauszus.cilusj60s00scc3lwa30nys2b I get {"message":"Tileset does not exist"}.

Is there any way to request tiles directly from a style?

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This seems to be quiet easily possible now.

https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/dbauszus/cilusj60s00scc3lwa30nys2b/tiles/{z}/{x}/{y}?access_token={my access token}

I am 100% sure that this is a new feature which wasn't on my dashboard two months ago.

Great work MapBox. :)

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Shapefiles to Mapbox Vector Tiles Conversion

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There is also tippecanoe to create an mbtiles of vector tiles from your shapefile.

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To highlight all parts of a feature that is spread across tiles, Mapbox needs a way to associate features across tiles. Usually this is done via the id field in the vector tiles. When uploading a shapefile (or other data source) to Mapbox Studio, this is automatically done for you. If you're generating vector tiles yourself, e.g. with Tippecanoe, specify --generate-ids to ensure that features that span multiple tiles get assigned the same ID.

Once you've uploaded your data to Mapbox Studio, you can build upon the tutorial you linked and change the source to a vector tile source:

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});

Then, add the source-layer property to the addLayer calls, and add the same name as the sourceLayer property to setFeatureState.

For a more thorough tutorial, have a look at https://blog.mapbox.com/going-live-with-electoral-maps-a-guide-to-feature-state-b520e91a22d

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