osm2vectortiles/docs/extracts.md

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Create custom Extract

If you need an extract which is not included on the downloads page{:target="_blank"}, you can simply download the planet file and make your own extract.

Preparation

1. Download the planet file{:target="_blank"}
2. Get bounding box of your desired extract.{:target="_blank"}
3. Install tilelive utility.

npm install -g tilelive

Create Extract

To create an extract the tilelive-copy utility is used. It takes a bounding box and a mbtiles file as input and ouputs the extract.

Replace the bounding box in the following command with your bounding box.

tilelive-copy \
    --minzoom=0 --maxzoom=14 \
    --bounds="60.403889,29.288333,74.989862,38.5899217" \
    world.mbtiles switzerland.mbtiles