diff --git a/src/async_reader.rs b/src/async_reader.rs
index 48c56bd..c9e843a 100644
--- a/src/async_reader.rs
+++ b/src/async_reader.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use crate::cache::DirCacheResult;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "http-async", feature = "mmap-async-tokio"))]
 use crate::cache::{DirectoryCache, NoCache};
 use crate::directory::{DirEntry, Directory};
-use crate::error::PmtError;
+use crate::error::{PmtError, PmtResult};
 use crate::header::{HEADER_SIZE, MAX_INITIAL_BYTES};
 #[cfg(feature = "http-async")]
 use crate::http::HttpBackend;
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl<B: AsyncBackend + Sync + Send> AsyncPmTilesReader<B, NoCache> {
     /// Creates a new reader from a specified source and validates the provided `PMTiles` archive is valid.
     ///
     /// Note: Prefer using `new_with_*` methods.
-    pub async fn try_from_source(backend: B) -> Result<Self, PmtError> {
+    pub async fn try_from_source(backend: B) -> PmtResult<Self> {
         Self::try_from_cached_source(backend, NoCache).await
     }
 }
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl<B: AsyncBackend + Sync + Send, C: DirectoryCache + Sync + Send> AsyncPmTile
     /// Creates a new cached reader from a specified source and validates the provided `PMTiles` archive is valid.
     ///
     /// Note: Prefer using `new_with_*` methods.
-    pub async fn try_from_cached_source(backend: B, cache: C) -> Result<Self, PmtError> {
+    pub async fn try_from_cached_source(backend: B, cache: C) -> PmtResult<Self> {
         // Read the first 127 and up to 16,384 bytes to ensure we can initialize the header and root directory.
         let mut initial_bytes = backend.read(0, MAX_INITIAL_BYTES).await?;
         if initial_bytes.len() < HEADER_SIZE {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ impl<B: AsyncBackend + Sync + Send, C: DirectoryCache + Sync + Send> AsyncPmTile
     ///
     /// Note: by spec, this should be valid JSON. This method currently returns a [String].
     /// This may change in the future.
-    pub async fn get_metadata(&self) -> Result<String, PmtError> {
+    pub async fn get_metadata(&self) -> PmtResult<String> {
         let offset = self.header.metadata_offset as _;
         let length = self.header.metadata_length as _;
         let metadata = self.backend.read_exact(offset, length).await?;
@@ -103,10 +103,7 @@ impl<B: AsyncBackend + Sync + Send, C: DirectoryCache + Sync + Send> AsyncPmTile
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "tilejson")]
-    pub async fn parse_tilejson(
-        &self,
-        sources: Vec<String>,
-    ) -> Result<tilejson::TileJSON, PmtError> {
+    pub async fn parse_tilejson(&self, sources: Vec<String>) -> PmtResult<tilejson::TileJSON> {
         use serde_json::Value;
 
         let meta = self.get_metadata().await?;
@@ -190,7 +187,7 @@ impl<B: AsyncBackend + Sync + Send, C: DirectoryCache + Sync + Send> AsyncPmTile
         entry
     }
 
-    async fn read_directory(&self, offset: usize, length: usize) -> Result<Directory, PmtError> {
+    async fn read_directory(&self, offset: usize, length: usize) -> PmtResult<Directory> {
         let data = self.backend.read_exact(offset, length).await?;
         Self::read_compressed_directory(self.header.internal_compression, data).await
     }
@@ -198,12 +195,12 @@ impl<B: AsyncBackend + Sync + Send, C: DirectoryCache + Sync + Send> AsyncPmTile
     async fn read_compressed_directory(
         compression: Compression,
         bytes: Bytes,
-    ) -> Result<Directory, PmtError> {
+    ) -> PmtResult<Directory> {
         let decompressed_bytes = Self::decompress(compression, bytes).await?;
         Directory::try_from(decompressed_bytes)
     }
 
-    async fn decompress(compression: Compression, bytes: Bytes) -> Result<Bytes, PmtError> {
+    async fn decompress(compression: Compression, bytes: Bytes) -> PmtResult<Bytes> {
         let mut decompressed_bytes = Vec::with_capacity(bytes.len() * 2);
         match compression {
             Compression::Gzip => {
@@ -223,7 +220,7 @@ impl AsyncPmTilesReader<HttpBackend, NoCache> {
     /// Creates a new `PMTiles` reader from a URL using the Reqwest backend.
     ///
     /// Fails if [url] does not exist or is an invalid archive. (Note: HTTP requests are made to validate it.)
-    pub async fn new_with_url<U: IntoUrl>(client: Client, url: U) -> Result<Self, PmtError> {
+    pub async fn new_with_url<U: IntoUrl>(client: Client, url: U) -> PmtResult<Self> {
         Self::new_with_cached_url(NoCache, client, url).await
     }
 }
@@ -237,7 +234,7 @@ impl<C: DirectoryCache + Sync + Send> AsyncPmTilesReader<HttpBackend, C> {
         cache: C,
         client: Client,
         url: U,
-    ) -> Result<Self, PmtError> {
+    ) -> PmtResult<Self> {
         let backend = HttpBackend::try_from(client, url)?;
 
         Self::try_from_cached_source(backend, cache).await
@@ -249,7 +246,7 @@ impl AsyncPmTilesReader<MmapBackend, NoCache> {
     /// Creates a new `PMTiles` reader from a file path using the async mmap backend.
     ///
     /// Fails if [p] does not exist or is an invalid archive.
-    pub async fn new_with_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Self, PmtError> {
+    pub async fn new_with_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> PmtResult<Self> {
         Self::new_with_cached_path(NoCache, path).await
     }
 }
@@ -259,7 +256,7 @@ impl<C: DirectoryCache + Sync + Send> AsyncPmTilesReader<MmapBackend, C> {
     /// Creates a new cached `PMTiles` reader from a file path using the async mmap backend.
     ///
     /// Fails if [p] does not exist or is an invalid archive.
-    pub async fn new_with_cached_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(cache: C, path: P) -> Result<Self, PmtError> {
+    pub async fn new_with_cached_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(cache: C, path: P) -> PmtResult<Self> {
         let backend = MmapBackend::try_from(path).await?;
 
         Self::try_from_cached_source(backend, cache).await
@@ -269,10 +266,10 @@ impl<C: DirectoryCache + Sync + Send> AsyncPmTilesReader<MmapBackend, C> {
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait AsyncBackend {
     /// Reads exactly `length` bytes starting at `offset`
-    async fn read_exact(&self, offset: usize, length: usize) -> Result<Bytes, PmtError>;
+    async fn read_exact(&self, offset: usize, length: usize) -> PmtResult<Bytes>;
 
     /// Reads up to `length` bytes starting at `offset`.
-    async fn read(&self, offset: usize, length: usize) -> Result<Bytes, PmtError>;
+    async fn read(&self, offset: usize, length: usize) -> PmtResult<Bytes>;
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/directory.rs b/src/directory.rs
index b985ec3..1a5ff58 100644
--- a/src/directory.rs
+++ b/src/directory.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl Directory {
 impl TryFrom<Bytes> for Directory {
     type Error = PmtError;
 
-    fn try_from(buffer: Bytes) -> Result<Self, PmtError> {
+    fn try_from(buffer: Bytes) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         let mut buffer = buffer.reader();
         let n_entries = buffer.read_usize_varint()?;
 
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index ec718d2..f6ef194 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ use std::string::FromUtf8Error;
 
 use thiserror::Error;
 
+/// A specialized [`Result`] type for `PMTiles` operations.
+pub type PmtResult<T> = Result<T, PmtError>;
+
+/// Errors that can occur while reading `PMTiles` files.
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum PmtError {
     #[error("Invalid magic number")]
diff --git a/src/header.rs b/src/header.rs
index 9db9df8..3e7416f 100644
--- a/src/header.rs
+++ b/src/header.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::panic::catch_unwind;
 
 use bytes::{Buf, Bytes};
 
-use crate::error::PmtError;
+use crate::error::{PmtError, PmtResult};
 
 #[cfg(any(feature = "http-async", feature = "mmap-async-tokio"))]
 pub(crate) const MAX_INITIAL_BYTES: usize = 16_384;
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ impl Header {
         buf.get_i32_le() as f32 / 10_000_000.
     }
 
-    pub fn try_from_bytes(mut bytes: Bytes) -> Result<Self, PmtError> {
+    pub fn try_from_bytes(mut bytes: Bytes) -> PmtResult<Self> {
         let magic_bytes = bytes.split_to(V3_MAGIC.len());
 
         // Assert magic
diff --git a/src/http.rs b/src/http.rs
index 8484890..ab7a952 100644
--- a/src/http.rs
+++ b/src/http.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use reqwest::header::{HeaderValue, RANGE};
 use reqwest::{Client, IntoUrl, Method, Request, StatusCode, Url};
 
 use crate::async_reader::AsyncBackend;
-use crate::error::{PmtError, PmtHttpError};
+use crate::error::{PmtHttpError, PmtResult};
 
 pub struct HttpBackend {
     client: Client,
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub struct HttpBackend {
 }
 
 impl HttpBackend {
-    pub fn try_from<U: IntoUrl>(client: Client, url: U) -> Result<Self, PmtError> {
+    pub fn try_from<U: IntoUrl>(client: Client, url: U) -> PmtResult<Self> {
         Ok(HttpBackend {
             client,
             pmtiles_url: url.into_url()?,
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ impl HttpBackend {
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl AsyncBackend for HttpBackend {
-    async fn read_exact(&self, offset: usize, length: usize) -> Result<Bytes, PmtError> {
+    async fn read_exact(&self, offset: usize, length: usize) -> PmtResult<Bytes> {
         let data = self.read(offset, length).await?;
 
         if data.len() == length {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ impl AsyncBackend for HttpBackend {
         }
     }
 
-    async fn read(&self, offset: usize, length: usize) -> Result<Bytes, PmtError> {
+    async fn read(&self, offset: usize, length: usize) -> PmtResult<Bytes> {
         let end = offset + length - 1;
         let range = format!("bytes={offset}-{end}");
         let range = HeaderValue::try_from(range).map_err(PmtHttpError::from)?;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 82909b9..6d7a10d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ mod directory;
 pub use directory::{DirEntry, Directory};
 
 mod error;
-pub use error::PmtError;
 #[cfg(feature = "http-async")]
 pub use error::PmtHttpError;
+pub use error::{PmtError, PmtResult};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "http-async")]
 pub mod http;
diff --git a/src/mmap.rs b/src/mmap.rs
index a82cdce..deb6230 100644
--- a/src/mmap.rs
+++ b/src/mmap.rs
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ use bytes::{Buf, Bytes};
 use fmmap::tokio::{AsyncMmapFile, AsyncMmapFileExt as _, AsyncOptions};
 
 use crate::async_reader::AsyncBackend;
-use crate::error::PmtError;
+use crate::error::{PmtError, PmtResult};
 
 pub struct MmapBackend {
     file: AsyncMmapFile,
 }
 
 impl MmapBackend {
-    pub async fn try_from<P: AsRef<Path>>(p: P) -> Result<Self, PmtError> {
+    pub async fn try_from<P: AsRef<Path>>(p: P) -> PmtResult<Self> {
         Ok(Self {
             file: AsyncMmapFile::open_with_options(p, AsyncOptions::new().read(true))
                 .await
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl From<fmmap::error::Error> for PmtError {
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl AsyncBackend for MmapBackend {
-    async fn read_exact(&self, offset: usize, length: usize) -> Result<Bytes, PmtError> {
+    async fn read_exact(&self, offset: usize, length: usize) -> PmtResult<Bytes> {
         if self.file.len() >= offset + length {
             Ok(self.file.reader(offset)?.copy_to_bytes(length))
         } else {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ impl AsyncBackend for MmapBackend {
         }
     }
 
-    async fn read(&self, offset: usize, length: usize) -> Result<Bytes, PmtError> {
+    async fn read(&self, offset: usize, length: usize) -> PmtResult<Bytes> {
         let reader = self.file.reader(offset)?;
 
         let read_length = length.min(reader.len());