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Add a PMTiles source to a Mapbox GL or Maplibre GL map

Usage

add_pmtiles_source(map, id, url, ...)

Arguments

map

A map object created by the mapboxgl or maplibre function.

id

A unique ID for the source.

url

A URL pointing to the PMTiles archive.

...

Additional arguments to be passed to the JavaScript addSource method.

Value

The modified map object with the new source added.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{

# Visualize the Overture Maps places data as PMTiles
# Works with either `maplibre()` or `mapboxgl()`

library(mapgl)

maplibre(style = maptiler_style("basic", variant = "dark")) |>
  set_projection("globe") |>
  add_pmtiles_source(
    id = "places-source",
    url = "https://overturemaps-tiles-us-west-2-beta.s3.amazonaws.com/2025-06-25/places.pmtiles"
  ) |>
  add_circle_layer(
    id = "places-layer",
    source = "places-source",
    source_layer = "place",
    circle_color = "cyan",
    circle_opacity = 0.7,
    circle_radius = 4,
    tooltip = concat(
      "Name: ",
      get_column("@name"),
      "<br>Confidence: ",
      number_format(get_column("confidence"), maximum_fraction_digits = 2)
    )
  )
} # }