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+Tile38 Client
+=============
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+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/tidwall/tile38.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/tidwall/tile38)
+[![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/tidwall/tile38/client?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/tidwall/tile38/client)
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+Tile38 Client is a [Go](http://golang.org/) client for [Tile38](http://tile38.com/).
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