mbutil 0.0.2

# MBUtil

MBUtil is a utility for importing and exporting the [MBTiles](http://mbtiles.org/) format.

## Installation

Git checkout (requires git)

git clone git://github.com/mapbox/mbutil.git
cd mbutil
./mb-util -h

# then to install the mb-util command globally:
sudo python setup.py install
# then you can run:
mb-util

Python installation (requires easy_install)

easy_install mbutil
mb-util -h

## Usage

Export an `mbtiles` file to files on the filesystem:

mb-util World_Light.mbtiles adirectory

Import a directory into a `mbtiles` file

mb-util directory World_Light.mbtiles

## Requirements

* Python `>= 2.6`

## Metadata

MBUtil imports and exports metadata as JSON, in the root of the tile directory, as a file named `metadata.json`.

{
"name": "World Light",
"description": "A Test Metadata",
"version": "3"
}

## Authors

- Tom MacWright (tmcw)
- Dane Springmeyer (springmeyer)
- Mathieu Leplatre (leplatrem)