---
name: "mercantile"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mercantile"
version: "1.1.5-1"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mercantile"
---

# mercantile(1)

Command line interface for the Mercantile Python package.

## NAME

mercantile - Command line interface for the Mercantile Python package.

## SYNPOSIS

mercantile \[OPTIONS\] COMMAND \[ARGS\]...

## DESCRIPTION

Command line interface for the Mercantile Python package.

## OPTIONS

Options:\
   \-v, --verbose  Increase verbosity.\
   \-q, --quiet    Decrease verbosity.\
   \--help         Show this message and exit.

Commands:\
   bounding-tile  Print the bounding tile of a lng/lat point, bounding box, or\
                  GeoJSON objects.\
   children       Print the children of the tile.\
   parent         print the parent tile.\
   quadkey        Convert to/from quadkeys.\
   shapes         Print the shapes of tiles as GeoJSON.\
   tiles          Print tiles that overlap or contain a lng/lat point, bounding\
                  box, or GeoJSON objects.

## AUTHOR

Sean Gillies (sean@mapbox.com) - Upstream, Joachim Langenbach (info@engsas.de) - Debian package