Once you have cached mapbox maps inTower, how do you delete them?

kelleysislander · Mar 24, 2016

Howdy,

Now that I've successfully cached Mapbox map tiles, how does one delete them when you no longer need them?

I couls always uninstall the app, but that's a rather crude solution.

Alternately, I could manually delete them if I knew where they lived, but I do not.

Does anyone know where the mapbox tiles might be stored?

Thanks,

Bill

franknitty69 · Mar 25, 2016

cached map data from mapbox isn't stored on the filesystem it is stored in a sqllite database that is apart of the tower app. there isn't a manual method of purging, but every time you download a map it will overwrite the existing data.

divemasterphil · Mar 25, 2016

Couple questions for the learned ones:

I take it to say I can only cache one map at a time, correct?

Any idea how big these files are, say you cached a square mile satellite/street?

Can you cache maps for Solo App?

franknitty69 said:
cached map data from mapbox isn't stored on the filesystem it is stored in a sqllite database that is apart of the tower app. there isn't a manual method of purging, but every time you download a map it will overwrite the existing data.

LarryF · Mar 26, 2016

Here's how to download maps in the Solo App:
You can't download Google maps in the Solo App, only the maps from MapBox.

divemasterphil · Mar 26, 2016

Perfect, thanks

Andy Tomczyk · Mar 27, 2016

So if I download maps while in the solo app, are they available in tower? Or do I have to download again for tower?

divemasterphil · Mar 27, 2016

Download again as the apps store the map.

Andy Tomczyk said:
So if I download maps while in the solo app, are they available in tower? Or do I have to download again for tower?

LarryF · Mar 27, 2016

Andy Tomczyk said:
So if I download maps while in the solo app, are they available in tower? Or do I have to download again for tower?

Unfortunately, Tower and the Solo App don't use the same cached maps. You need to download them separately in each app. In Tower, you'll need to enter a MapBox developers ID (free to get) and the Mapbox Access Token (from your map on MapBox). In Tower, look under the "Settings" menu option, then the "User Interface" option. You select and setup Maobox in the "Map Provider Preferences". Download maps work on Tower, but it's a bit more difficult to setup for the first time.