Android Question .PBF tiles

[davelew1s]

Hi
I don't know if this is possible in B4a but can .PBF tiles be read and displayed?
I haven't tried anything because I have no ides where to start so any help will be appreciated
I have searched the forum but nothing helped.
I include a sample.
Thanks in advance Dave.

 

[Sandman]

You didn't bother explaining what a pbf file is, so I'll assume it's just binary data. So one answer for your question is yes, it's possible to read a binary file and display its data. For instance as hexadecimal values.

 

[MicroDrie]

Hi Dave. To help you on your way, we really need some more information about what type of file you have. A file extension in itself does not say much, everyone can choose any combination of letters.
In addition, not every formal file storage is also publicly known. Often a file starts with a fixed combination of characters, and sometimes there is something like the start and / or the length of the amount of data. Often the solution is to download the file as a random file access with the record length of one byte. But again, if you don't explain where you got the information from, it's just guesswork.

 

[tchart]

GitHub - protocolbuffers/protobuf: Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format

Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format - protocolbuffers/protobuf

github.com

There is a Java library but I’ve never seen anyone on here use pbf before.

 

[DonManfred]

PBF Format - OpenStreetMap Wiki

wiki.openstreetmap.org

Have not seen an library to use them in a Map though....

 

[MicroDrie]

The challenge is that there are at least 6 known different applications that use the file extension pbf.

• Paragon Backup Format Image
• Portable Bitmap Format
• PowerBackup Archive File
• ProtocolBuffer Binary Format Map Data
• Sprite Backup Image
• Turtle Beach Pinnacle Sound Bank File

The challenge is that there are at least 6 known different applications that use the file extension pbf.

I have searched the forum but nothing helped.

The question is, what Dave have already been search on this forum, because he can search and find for a openstreetmap solutions already examples on this forum.