Map tiling software
Turn your raster images and vector geographical data into interactive maps with desktop map tiling software.
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Features of MapTiler Desktop
Powerful and intuitive
Follow an easy step-by-step guide and get a perfect map in a few clicks.
Freedom of map hosting
Host maps on a cloud, from your server, or even behind a firewall.
Modify input data
Clip, color correct, or merge multiple images together.
Use on any device
Display maps on the web or in GIS-based applications.
Explore the graphical user interface of MapTiler Desktop
Tiling maps can’t be easier!
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Drag & drop your image or geodata
Drag & drop downloaded geodata, aerial imagery, or maps made with GIS, AutoCAD, or Photoshop.
Supported raster formats: GeoPDF, GeoTIFF, JPEG, PNG, JPEG2000.
Supported vector formats: ESRI Shapefile, GeoJSON, GeoPackage, KML, and much more.
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User interface
Overlay an image over the map
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Visually geolocate
If your image is already geolocated, coordinates load automatically. If not, or if you want to change the position, select Assign location visually or your preferred method.
In visual georeferencer, you need to select at least three points from both your image and a background map. This is how the software finds out how to overlay the image to the map of the world.
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Position of the map - Georeferencing
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Select the output format
MapTiler Desktop supports a variety of output formats. For publishing on your web, select the Folder option. MBTiles is suitable for Cloud hosting and use on mobile devices. GeoPackage delivers one file for exchange between different GIS software.
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Set the coordinate system
The default Mercator coordinate system can be changed to global WGS84 or one of many national coordinate systems.
The graphical user interface lets you visually select from coordinate systems and change other settings.
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Coordinate system search
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Use the final map
Once the software finishes the rendering, you can either view the final map in the internal viewer or use your browser if you choose the Folder option for rendering.
Upload to hosting like MapTiler Cloud to get the ability to use the map with JavaScript libraries, in desktop GIS software, on your mobile, or in the online geoeditor.
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Map hosting on MapTiler Cloud
MBTiles offline viewer
Examples of tiled maps
Cassini Terrestrial Globe
Grand Canyon USGS
Campus Map
World Blue marble NASA
Nautical Chart NOAA
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Ordnance Survey
Ruhama 17.2.16
SWISSIMAGE 25m
Weather Underground
Vector tiles: NY subway
How the map tiling service works
Assign location visually
Your geolocation data is automatically loaded if your input map already has it embedded. Otherwise, images, scanned maps, or maps created by designers can be positioned with a set of coordinates or even visually. It is quick and precise.
Hosting tiled maps anywhere
Use included cloud uploader for MapTiler Cloud, Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure, or just drag and drop the folder generated by MapTiler Desktop to any standard web hosting.
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Tiled maps output formats
GeoPackage
One package file Cloud hosting MapTiler Server
Folder
Web app
Standard hosting
MBTiles
Mobile devices MapTiler Server
KML
Google Earth
Garmin navigations
How to use the tiled map?
MapTiler Engine
Create automated workflows with the full power of MapTiler Desktop through the command line interface usable as an API.
read moreTechnical specification
- Windows 7+
- Windows Server 2008 R2 or newer
- macOS 10.12+
- Linux 64bit Debian, Ubuntu, RedHat, Fedora
Raster to raster
- TIFF/GeoTIFF, MrSID, ECW, JPEG2000/GeoJP2, Erdas HFA, NOAA BSB/KAP, NOAA GFS, HRRR, ECMWF, Ozi Explorer OZF2/OZFx3, JPEG, GIF, PNG, GRIB2, NetCDF
- TIFF with RGB color model, partly supported CMYK
- 8bit or 16bit integer per band, 1, 3 or 4 bands
Vector to vector
- ESRI Shapefile, GeoJSON, GeoPackage, KML, GPX
Vector to raster
- GeoPDF
- Folder
- MBTiles
- OGC GeoPackage
- OGC KML
- WMTS, TMS
- MBTiles, GeoPackage
- TileJSON
- KML
- Complete EPSG database + custom defined SRS via Proj4. Over 6000 systems world-wide.
- Google Earth
- ArcGIS for Desktop
- QGIS (Quantum GIS)
- uDIG
- any viewer supporting OGC WMTS
- Google Maps SDK for iOS
- Google Maps SDK for Android
- MapLibre iOS SDK
- MapLibre Android SDK
- Apple MapKit
- RouteMe
- OSMDroid
- any viewer supporting OGC WMTS or TileJSON
- Garmin Custom Maps KMZ
- MapTiler Mobile
- Locus
- MotionX GPS
- MapTiler Server
- direct upload to any webhosting
- PHP hosting with TileServer-PHP
- MapTiler Cloud (with direct upload)
- Amazon S3 (with direct upload)
- Google Cloud Storage (with direct upload)
- Microsoft Azure (with direct upload)
- Mapbox hosting
- Rackspace Cloud Files
- clipping with a cutline (pixel coordinates)
- clipping with a shape (SHP)
- merge multiple input files to produce a seamless map (MapTiler Desktop Pro only)
- different maps on different zoom levels (MapTiler Desktop Pro only)
- color corrections (MapTiler Desktop Pro only)