Mapbox API key

[f522]

Hi!

I saw this website(http://onrails.eu/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=44) that I can create a mapbox api key for TSRE instead of google,
but the instruction is very shady and incomplete.

Can someone write step by step how to get this thing?

[rdayt]

It's really easy.
Go to mapbox.com and create an account. It's free.
Log in and go to account->tokens and click on create token.
Copy the token and open your TSRE Settings.txt.
Enter it in like this,
imageMapsUrl = http://api.mapbox.com/v4/mapbox.satellite/{ (clipped)
Save and you're done.

Randy

[f522]

Thanks but where can I find the lon, lat, zoom and res?

[rdayt]

I use Google Earth.
Go where you want. It'll give you the coordinates.
When you use it in TSRE there's a dropdown to choose a couple different resolutions.
There is no zoom.

Randy

[eric]

FYI, the MapBox API format has changed. Here's the new format to go in the Settings.txt:


imageMapsUrl = https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/mapbox/satellite-v9/static/{lon},{lat},17/{res}x{res}?access_token=yourtoken


(yourtoken will be considerably longer.... and goes after the = sign)
The 17 after the lon/lat is the zoom -- you can also do 18 for a higher resolution

[CSRX]

Well, since updating to the new mapbox... this is rather, annoying....

[kapitaen]

The zoom has changed and must be entered manually.
Standard Terrain
Raster Image Z18 =17
Raster Image Z17 =16
Distance Terrain
Raster Image Z18 =13
Raster Image Z17 =12
Example: Standard Terrain Raster Image Z18 =17

imageMapsUrl = https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/mapbox/satellite-v9/static/{lon},{lat},17/{res}x{res}?access_token=

+YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN

[CSRX]

The zoom has changed and must be entered manually.
Standard Terrain
Raster Image Z18 =17
Raster Image Z17 =16
Distance Terrain
Raster Image Z18 =13
Raster Image Z17 =12
Example: Standard Terrain Raster Image Z18 =17

imageMapsUrl = https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/mapbox/satellite-v9/static/{lon},{lat},17/{res}x{res}?access_token=

+YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN

That did the trick, thank you so much sir!
Now the question, which do you recommend, Z17 or Z18 for resolution?

[eric]

I've been using Z17 with both Google and MapBox with fairly good results.

Hopefully Goku is aware and can change the structure for the settings.txt file he includes in the download package...

[yellowdog]

I never have been able to get this to work. I'm following the above, as well as the 2018 Train Simulator Route Explorer guidebook. I put this in settings:

imageMapsUrl = https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/mapbox/satellite-v9/static/36.43129885,-82.46999068,17/{res}x{res}?access_token=xxxx

(where xxxx is my token from Mapbox and lat/long are a random place on the Kingsport Sub). I entered "17" as indicated above for zoom. But I still don't see what to do with either {res} entries. It does seem to pull up the lat/long when I load the map. But I only get it to load with the OSM Vector option, which is not a satellite image--it's more like the turn-by-turn driving map image in basic gps directional software. Selecting either Raster17 or Raster18 produces a blank box (either white or black, depending on if I reverse it). In the Mapbox settings, I picked the default Styles: Tiles, Styles:Read, Fonts:Read, DataSets:Read, Vision:Read.

I should also mention I'm not editing the KP Sub. I created a new test route to play around with this stuff.

What am I missing?

I did get height to work.

[CSRX]

This is the only portion that needs to be exactly the same.
"{lon},{lat},17/{res}x{res}"
You don't need to add the lon or lat coordinates in place, or the res size. This is done automatically by mapbox. From there you can choose Raster17 or Raster18 (I use Raster17 mostly), and it should load up fine.

[yellowdog]

Ah, that did it, thanks!

[abhisheksharma]

I am searching this from many months but now today my wish is complete now... because google API key is too costly so I want to use mapbox for route making but I don't know about format ...please admin of tsre consider it and changed the format of mapbox in tsre so it helps everyone like me...

[eric]

You can use either Google or MapBox. The formats are slightly different, but work just the same.

.I've literally downloaded well over 1000 square miles of terrain images for my routes from Google. Many people shy away from having to have a credit card on file, but I don't think in those ten years, I've ever downloaded enough imagery to where I've had to pay. The trick is to spread it out over several months.

[eric]

Quick revisit on this....

Starting in v8.003 of TSRE, you'll be able to select the Z17 and Z18 again for Mapbox, and go back to the "old" MapBox API URL.