freestiler: Create Vector Tiles from Spatial Data

Create vector tile archives in 'PMTiles' format from 'sf' spatial data frames. Supports 'Mapbox Vector Tile' ('MVT') and 'MapLibre Tile' ('MLT') output formats. Uses a 'Rust' backend via 'extendr' for fast, in-memory tiling with zero external system dependencies.

Version: 0.1.6
Depends: R (≥ 4.2)
Imports: sf
Suggests: arrow, DBI, duckdb, httpuv, jsonlite, mapgl, testthat (≥ 3.0.0), withr
Published: 2026-04-21
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.freestiler (may not be active yet)
Author: Kyle Walker [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Kyle Walker <kyle at walker-data.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/walkerke/freestiler/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://walker-data.com/freestiler/, https://github.com/walkerke/freestiler/
NeedsCompilation: yes
SystemRequirements: Cargo (Rust's package manager), rustc >= 1.70
Materials: NEWS
CRAN checks: freestiler results

Documentation:

Reference manual: freestiler.html , freestiler.pdf

Downloads:

Package source: freestiler_0.1.6.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: not available, r-release: not available, r-oldrel: not available
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): not available, r-oldrel (arm64): not available, r-release (x86_64): not available, r-oldrel (x86_64): not available

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