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Add a third party vector tile source

This example renders vector tiles using a third party vector tile source.

In this case, Mapillary provides the vector tiles, which are added to the map using addSource.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Add a third party vector tile source</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<link href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.2.0/mapbox-gl.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.2.0/mapbox-gl.js"></script>
<style>
body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<script>
// TO MAKE THE MAP APPEAR YOU MUST
// ADD YOUR ACCESS TOKEN FROM
// https://account.mapbox.com
mapboxgl.accessToken = 'YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN';
const map = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: 'map',
// Choose from Mapbox's core styles, or make your own style with Mapbox Studio
style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/light-v11',
zoom: 10,
center: [-87.622088, 41.878781]
});

map.on('load', () => {
// Add a new vector tile source with ID 'mapillary'.
map.addSource('mapillary', {
'type': 'vector',
'tiles': [
'https://tiles.mapillary.com/maps/vtp/mly1_public/2/{z}/{x}/{y}?access_token=MLY|4142433049200173|72206abe5035850d6743b23a49c41333'
],
'minzoom': 6,
'maxzoom': 14
});
map.addLayer(
{
'id': 'mapillary', // Layer ID
'type': 'line',
'source': 'mapillary', // ID of the tile source created above
// Source has several layers. We visualize the one with name 'sequence'.
'source-layer': 'sequence',
'layout': {
'line-cap': 'round',
'line-join': 'round'
},
'paint': {
'line-opacity': 0.6,
'line-color': 'rgb(53, 175, 109)',
'line-width': 2
}
},
'road-label-simple' // Arrange our new layer beneath labels and above roads
);
});

map.addControl(new mapboxgl.NavigationControl());
</script>

</body>
</html>
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