This node script generates (and optionally downloads) maps through MapBox's static maps API.
- Clone this repository
cd mapbbox.jsnpm install- Copy/paste your MapBox access token into the file
mapbox_token - Optionally, replace the contents of mapbox_url_template with a generalized representation of a MapBox static maps API call with your custom mapbox styles.
To view your default secret access token, create new tokens, or revoke tokens, visit your MapBox account settings page.
$ ./mapbbox.js --help
Usage: mapbbox [options]
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-b, --bbox <lon1,lat1,lon2,lat2> bounding box
-c, --center <lon1,lat1> center point <requires zoom>
-z, --zoom <n> map zoom level <requires center>
-e, --bearing <0-360> bearing [default = 0]
-p, --pitch <0-60> pitch [default = 0]
-h, --height <n> <required> image height in px
-w, --width <n> <required> image width in px
-o, --output [path] [optional] output png with optional path
-g, --georeference <kml|txt> [optional] output web mercator image bounds to txt or kml <requires output>
-q, --quiet [optional] do not print output path (only works with -o/--output)
$ ./mapbbox.js -h 480 -w 640 -b -74.259094,40.477398,-73.700165,40.91758
https://api.mapbox.com/v4/mapbox.emerald/-73.9796295,40.697489000000004,10/640x480.png?access_token=<my access token>
$ ./mapbbox.js -c -99.985007,37.191870 -z 3 -w 600 -h 480 -o USA.png
USA.png
$ open USA.png
To do something with the image immediately, without having to run a separate command (such as the open command above), pipe the output to xargs:
$ ./mapbbox.js -h 480 -w 640 -b -74.259094,40.477398,-73.700165,40.91758 -o NYC.png | xargs open
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