# Mapbox Vector Tile Specification

A specification for encoding tiled vector data.

## License

The text of this specification is licensed under a
[Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/).
However, the use of this spec in products and code is entirely free:
there are no royalties, restrictions, or requirements.

## [Implementations](https://github.com/mapbox/vector-tile-spec/wiki/Implementations)

## Versioning

The specification is versioned based on `major.minor` notation. The `major` version will be incremented with any technical change to the specification format or way it should be interpreted. Changes to the `minor` version will be reserved for any clarification or correction of clerical errors associated with the specification language.

The `major` version in the specification name is synonymous with the `version` field in a Mapbox Vector Tile layer. See the `3.1. Layers` section for more details.


## Contributing

If you are interested in contributing please refer to the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) file.

## Authors

* Vladimir Agafonkin
* John Firebaugh
* Eric Fischer
* Konstantin Käfer
* Charlie Loyd
* Tom MacWright
* Artem Pavlenko
* Dane Springmeyer
* Blake Thompson

## Translations

* [简体中文](https://github.com/jingsam/vector-tile-spec/blob/master/2.1/README_zh.md)
* [日本語](https://github.com/madefor/vector-tile-spec/blob/master/2.1/README.md)