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Map tiling software

Turn your raster images and vector geographical data into interactive maps with desktop map tiling software.

MapTiler Desktop is now MapTiler Engine.

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Features of MapTiler Engine

Powerful and intuitive

Follow an easy step-by-step guide for map tiling 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.

drone imagery processed by MapTiler Engine

Use on any device

Display maps on the web or in GIS-based applications.

Explore the graphical user interface of MapTiler Engine

Map tiling can’t be easier!

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
Simple vector tiles generating
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
Georeferencer - complete functionality list
Select the output format

MapTiler Engine 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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Folder, MBTiles, or GeoPackage options
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
Set coordinate systems
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

Ordnance Survey

Ruhama 17.2.16

SWISSIMAGE 25m

Weather Underground

Vector tiles: NY subway

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How map tiling works

Scan or import a map

Process on computer

Publish to the web or mobile device

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 Engine to any standard web hosting.

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Host-anywhere - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and MapTiler Cloud

Command line automation

Create automated workflows with the full power of MapTiler Engine through the command line interface usable as an API.

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?

Guaranteed hosting

Host on Maps API

Robust infrastructure with hundreds of servers globally.

Self-hosting

Host on-premises

Host on your own servers, even behind the firewall or offline.

Technical specification

Operating systems

Windows 7+
Windows Server 2008 R2 or newer
macOS 10.12+
Linux 64bit Debian, Ubuntu, RedHat, Fedora

Input formats

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