Intro
CleverMaps provides many ready-to-use geographic dimensions such as administrative units or H3 grids. But sometimes you may need to use your own geographic data - e.g. road segments, buildings or sales areas. This tutorial describes how to import such a custom geographic data into the CleverMaps.
CleverMaps uses vector tiles technology to render geographic data on a map. Currently we use Mapbox as a backend service for hosting and serving vector tiles but other technologies can be also used (e.g. MapTiler). Some further information about vector tiles can be found here https://docs.mapbox.com/vector-tiles/reference/. The tutorial below
Mapbox account
This tutorial assumes that Mapbox is used as a backend serviceyou have your own Mapbox account ready. Mapbox has very generous free pricing plan and it should be enough for many use cases. More information about pricing is here https://www.mapbox.com/pricing . Free account can be created here https://account.mapbox.com/auth/signup/ .
Steps overview
To transform your geographic data (SHP, GeoJSON, CSV, …) into the CleverMaps you typically need to:
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