{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapbox/vector-tile-spec/issues/50","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapbox/vector-tile-spec/issues/50/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapbox/vector-tile-spec/issues/50/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mapbox/vector-tile-spec/issues/50/events","html_url":"https://github.com/mapbox/vector-tile-spec/issues/50","id":117904868,"number":50,"title":"Raster Field in Features","user":{"login":"flippmoke","id":1794907,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1794907?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/flippmoke","html_url":"https://github.com/flippmoke","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flippmoke/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flippmoke/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flippmoke/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flippmoke/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flippmoke/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flippmoke/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flippmoke/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flippmoke/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/flippmoke/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-11-19T20:49:54Z","updated_at":"2015-11-19T20:49:54Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I know that @pnorman @pramsey and @ShibaBandit all commented in #39 about the experimental state of rasters. Here is the best clarification I can offer:\r\n\r\nA decoder using v2 can simply ignore the raster field, we realize that a more detail specification for rasters is needed.  We currently aren't sure how we think rasters should best be put into this field and some research/experimenting is required. We did want to include the field however, as we will be working in the mapnik-vector-tile repository to expand the capabilities for rasters in vector tiles. Additionally, @springmeyer has told me that some groups have already started to experiment with this as a feature. The goal is that we will have this as an experimental field for version 2 and it will lay the groundwork for the community to work on how specifically how the raster data will be stored. "}}