Maps service changelog
Vector Tiles API
Mar 7, 2023
- Removed
sortby
parameter from list styles endpoint in Styles documentation
Jan 23, 2023
- Removed beta flag from MTS API
Oct 31, 2022
- Updated tileset ID's wording in MTS documentation
July 14, 2022
- Documented the Vector Tiles API's default cache headers and linked to new troubleshooting page with tips on working with caching.
May 4, 2022
- Document MTS jobs
superseded
stage in the "Retrieve information about a single tileset job" endpoint.
Jun 4, 2021
- Documented the Vector Tiles API's cache behavior when compositing multiple tileset IDs.
May 22, 2019
- The endpoint that serves vector tiles generated from Mapbox Studio styles is now the Vector Tiles API.
October 28, 2016
- Document
.mvt
extension for vector tiles, over.vector.pbf
.
Raster Tiles API
July 14, 2022
- Documented the Raster Tiles API's default cache headers and linked to new troubleshooting page with tips on working with caching.
Jun 4, 2021
- Documented the Raster Tiles API's cache behavior when compositing multiple tileset IDs.
May 22, 2019
- The endpoint that serves raster tiles generated from satellite imagery tilesets and tilesets generated from raster data uploaded to Mapbox.com is now the Raster Tiles API.
August 3, 2016
- Specifies that map tiles including
mapbox.satellite
are delivered as JPEG regardless of requested format.
Static Images API
July 14, 2022
- Under the restrictions and limits section, linked to new troubleshooting page with tips on working with caching.
July 20, 2021
- Updated the maximum zoom value from
20
to22
.
April 16, 2021
- Updated the rate limit for the Static Images API from 1,200 to 1,250 requests per minute.
February 24, 2021
- Added
422: Overlay bounds are out of range.
HTTP response code to Static Images API.
December 10, 2020
- Added documentation for requesting a static image using a bounding box with the Static Images API.
November 12, 2020
- Added documentation for using the optional
padding
parameter with the Static Images API.
October 29, 2020
- Added
422: invalid style source
HTTP response code to the Static Images API to denote that styles will fail if the underlying source contains invalid values.
November 13, 2019
- Added clarification for using
@2x
parameter on Static Images API with a Custom Marker.
November 12, 2019
- Removed beta status of the Static Images API's documentation for style parameters.
October 17, 2019
- Clarified Static Images API's prioritization of the
before_layer
query parameter.
September 27, 2019
- Updated the Static Images API with documentation for style parameters.
September 25, 2019
- Updated the rate limit for the Static Images API from 600 requests per minute to 1,200 requests per minute.
August 5, 2019
- Updated the Static Images API to reflect the fact that if the referenced style contains raster sources, the returned file will be a JPEG rather than a PNG.
May 22, 2019
- The endpoint that serves static map images generated from vector map styles is now the Static Images API.
April 10, 2017
- Moved documentation for the Static (Classic) API to a separate page.
- Moved the Retrieve a standalone marker under Maps.
March 14, 2017
- Added documentation for styling stroke width for encoded polyline static requests.
February 23, 2017
- Added documentation for the Static API with overlays.
August 8, 2016
- Corrected the maximum size of a custom icon placed on a static map.
April 5, 2016
- Reiterates that even with the
attribution=false
option, attribution is required for static maps that include OpenStreetMap data.
Static Tiles API
July 14, 2022
- Under the restrictions and limits section, linked to new troubleshooting page with tips on working with caching.
July 20, 2021
- Updated the maximum zoom value from
20
to22
.
April 16, 2021
- Updated the rate limit for the Static Tiles API from 5,000 to 6,000 requests per minute.
February 18, 2021
- Noted that the Static Tiles API will return a PNG if the queried tileset contains only vector layers.
October 29, 2020
- Added
422: invalid style source
HTTP response code to the Static Tiles API to denote that styles will fail if the underlying source contains invalid values.
September 25, 2019
- Updated the rate limit for the Static Images API from 600 requests per minute to 1,200 requests per minute.
May 22, 2019
- The endpoint that serves raster tiles generated from Mapbox Studio styles is now the Static Tiles API.
Styles API
November 29, 2023
- Added the
standard
GA endpoint for Mapbox Standard and removed thestandard-beta
endpoint
August 2, 2023
- Added the
standard-beta
endpoint for Mapbox Standard
July 14, 2022
- Documented the Styles API's default cache headers and linked to new troubleshooting page with tips on working with caching.
January 11, 2022
- Added documentation for the new Protected endpoint.
August 3, 2021
- Updated the description for the Request embeddable HTML endpoint's optional
hash
parameter to show that it can also accept values for bearing and pitch.
May 19, 2021
- Added documentation for the new Retrieve a style ZIP bundle endpoint.
January 5, 2021
- Corrected size limit of uploaded style documents in Styles API restrictions and limits.
December 11, 2020
- Updated Styles API documentation for the handling of the glyphs property for both the Create a style and the Update a style endpoints.
October 29, 2020
- Updated the Styles API documentation to include information about how to access immutable, versioned sprites.
- Included note about supporting decimal values of scaled sprite displays.
- Added
422: invalid style source
HTTP response code to the Static Images API and Static Tiles API to denote that styles will fail if the underlying source contains invalid values.
August 6, 2020
- Made some minor fixes to Update a style.
August 5, 2020
- Added note about sprite optimization in Styles API.
June 11, 2020
- Documented the
sortby
anddraft
parameters for the Styles API's List styles endpoint.