diff --git a/public/common/common.py b/public/common/common.py
index 466acd2d..cea7210d 100644
--- a/public/common/common.py
+++ b/public/common/common.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def get_status(job_id):
 def s3_upload(path, s3_path=None):
     import s3fs
     fs = s3fs.S3FileSystem()
-    if not s3_path:
+    if not s3_path or s3_path=='s3':
         s3_path = s3_tmp_path(path, folder=None)
     fs.put(path, s3_path)
     return s3_path
@@ -3813,3 +3813,139 @@ def udf_to_json(udf):
         except:
             udf_nail_json = func_to_udf(udf).json()
     return udf_nail_json
+
+
+def to_pmtiles(gdf, zooms: list, output_path=None, args='--force -r1', verbose=True):
+    import tempfile
+    geojson_path = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".geojson", delete=False).name
+    if output_path is None:
+        upload_path=None
+        output_path = geojson_path.replace('geojson','pmtiles')
+    elif output_path.startswith('s3'):
+        upload_path=output_path
+        output_path = geojson_path.replace('geojson','pmtiles')
+    else: #todo: add GCS option
+        import os
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(output_path), exist_ok=True)
+        upload_path=None
+    gdf.to_file(geojson_path, driver="GeoJSON")
+    if verbose: print(f"{geojson_path} done!")
+    cmd = f"tippecanoe -o {output_path} {args} -Z{min(zooms)} -z{max(zooms)} {geojson_path}"
+    result = run_cmd(cmd, communicate=True)
+    if verbose: print(result[1][:100], result[1][-100:])
+    if upload_path:
+        return s3_upload(output_path, s3_path=upload_path)
+    else:
+        return output_path
+
+def pmtile_metadata(pmtile_path: str, key: str = "description"):
+    import pandas as pd
+    import json
+    from shapely.geometry import Point
+    from pmtiles.reader import deserialize_header
+    import fsspec, json, gzip
+
+    with fsspec.filesystem("s3").open(pmtile_path, "rb") as f:
+        header_bytes = f.read(127)
+        header = deserialize_header(header_bytes)
+
+        f.seek(header["metadata_offset"])
+        metadata_bytes = f.read(header["metadata_length"])
+
+    metadata_str = (
+        gzip.decompress(metadata_bytes).decode("utf-8")
+        if metadata_bytes[0:2] == b"\x1f\x8b"
+        else metadata_bytes.decode("utf-8")
+    )
+    metadata = json.loads(metadata_str)  
+    result_text = metadata.get(key) or (json.dumps(metadata, indent=2) if isinstance(metadata, dict) else str(metadata))
+    return result_text
+
+
+def read_pmtile(bounds, pmtile_path: str):
+    x, y, z = get_tiles(bounds)[["x", "y", "z"]].iloc[0]
+    from pmtiles.reader import Reader
+    from shapely.geometry import Point
+    import geopandas as gpd
+
+    from pmtiles.reader import deserialize_header
+    import fsspec, json, gzip
+
+    with fsspec.filesystem("s3").open(pmtile_path, "rb") as f:
+        file_data = f.read()
+
+    header = deserialize_header(file_data[0:127])
+    metadata_bytes = file_data[header["metadata_offset"] : header["metadata_offset"] + header["metadata_length"]]
+    metadata_str = (
+        gzip.decompress(metadata_bytes).decode("utf-8")
+        if metadata_bytes[0:2] == b"\x1f\x8b"
+        else metadata_bytes.decode("utf-8")
+    )
+    metadata = json.loads(metadata_str)
+
+    if not (header.get("min_zoom", 0) <= z <= header.get("max_zoom", 18)):
+        return gpd.GeoDataFrame(geometry=[], crs="EPSG:4326")
+    reader = Reader(lambda offset, length: file_data[offset : offset + length])
+    tile_data=None
+    for method_name in ["get_tile", "get", "getZxy", "get_zxy"]:
+        if hasattr(reader, method_name):
+            try:
+                tile_data = getattr(reader, method_name)(z, x, y)
+            except:
+                continue
+    
+    if not tile_data:
+        print('no data was returned')
+        return gpd.GeoDataFrame(geometry=[], crs="EPSG:4326")        
+
+    if header.get("tile_type", 0) == 1 or metadata.get("type") == "overlay":
+        try:
+            features = _decode_mvt_tile(tile_data, z, x, y)
+            import geopandas as gpd
+            from shapely.geometry import shape
+        
+            if not features:
+                print('no data was returned')
+                return gpd.GeoDataFrame(geometry=[], crs="EPSG:4326")
+        
+            geometries = [shape(f["geometry"]) for f in features]
+            properties = [{k: v for k, v in f.items() if k != "geometry"} for f in features]
+            return gpd.GeoDataFrame(properties, geometry=geometries, crs="EPSG:3857").to_crs("EPSG:4326")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Error decoding MVT: {e}")
+
+    return gpd.GeoDataFrame(
+        {"tile_type": ["raster"], "size_bytes": [len(tile_data)]}, geometry=[Point(0, 0)], crs="EPSG:4326"
+    )
+
+
+def _transform_pmtile_geometry(geom, z, x, y, tile_extent=4096):
+    """Convert tile-local coordinates to EPSG:3857 (Web Mercator)."""
+    import mercantile
+
+    b = mercantile.xy_bounds(x, y, z)
+    sx, sy = (b.right - b.left) / tile_extent, (b.top - b.bottom) / tile_extent
+
+    def transform(coords):
+        if isinstance(coords[0], (int, float)):
+            return [coords[0] * sx + b.left, (tile_extent - coords[1]) * sy + b.bottom]
+        return [transform(c) for c in coords]
+
+    geom["coordinates"] = transform(geom["coordinates"])
+    return geom
+
+def _decode_mvt_tile(tile_data, z, x, y):
+    from mapbox_vector_tile import decode as mvt_decode
+    import gzip
+
+    if len(tile_data) >= 2 and tile_data[0:2] == b"\x1f\x8b":
+        tile_data = gzip.decompress(tile_data)
+
+    features = []
+    for layer_name, layer_data in mvt_decode(tile_data, y_coord_down=True).items():
+        for feature in layer_data["features"]:
+            props = feature["properties"].copy()
+            props["_layer"] = layer_name
+            features.append({"geometry": _transform_pmtile_geometry(feature["geometry"], z, x, y), **props})
+    return features    
+