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Weather SDK for maps

Add weather visualizations to your maps with animated forecast layers

Use your own data in 3D and enhanced tools with our Weather Plus service

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Free Weather Layers for MapTiler SDK maps

Add current weather and five day forecast layers to your map with a few lines of code

Get location specific weather information using the cursor, with text based searching coming soon

Frequently updated weather layers are available in MapTiler Cloud, usable with MapTiler SDK

Included in your MapTiler Cloud plan, usage counts towards your sessions: Calculate your costs

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Everything you need to make a weather map

Weather data
Weather Data
  • Current weather and a 5 day forecast
  • Data in hourly intervals, updated every 6 hours
  • 28km resolution data
  • Upgrade to Plus to access more advanced visualizations and data: Contact sales
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Weather data
MapTiler SDK
  • Add weather layers with a few lines of code
  • Display forecast animations at 60 FPS with smooth interpolation
  • Adjust colors dynamically in the browser
  • Switch your code from Mapbox or MapLibre in less than an hour
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Weather data
Basemaps
  • Use preset map styles designed specifically to highlight weather data
  • Switch between dark and light themes
  • Cost savings compared to Mapbox and Google Maps

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Wetter.com: Maps for forecasts

Wetter.com displays weather related information as an overlay on top of base maps provided by the MapTiler Cloud service.

MapTiler base maps can be used as a background to provide context to any spatio-temporal information, including real-time weather forecasts.

Advanced weather maps

Powerful SDK that’s easy to use

Written in TypeScript and usable via NPM

Add basemaps & weather layers then customize them with a few simple lines of code.

Switch existing maps from Mapbox or MapLibre in less than an hour.

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Particle animation in WebGL

Create wind visualizations with particles clearly showing direction and speed.

Visualize movement and change over time: the MapTiler Weather library can smoothly animate the changing course of the wind.

Animations run in any contemporary web browser using WebGL.

Smooth vizualisations

Animate at 60FPS with hourly data intervals and interpolated frames between.

28 km (18 miles) resolution smoothed for viewing at all zoom levels

Add weather layers to your maps now

Get a MapTiler Cloud account and access the weather layers; it’s free for non-commercial use.

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Weather Plus

Display dynamic visualizations of isolines and arrow particles,
custom weather data, 3D visualizations, and more.

Availability
Access to pre-processed MapTiler Weather layers
5 day forecast, updated every 6 hours
Resolution
Particle Animations
Smooth visualisations up to 60FPS
Visualize your own custom weather data
Interactive 3D visualizations
Advanced visualizations: Animated Isolines, Arrow particles

Weather

Availability All MapTiler Cloud plans, including Free
Access to pre-processed MapTiler Weather layers
5 day forecast, updated every 6 hours
Resolution 28 Km (18 mi)
Particle Animations
Smooth visualisations up to 60FPS
Visualize your own custom weather data
Interactive 3D visualizations
Advanced visualizations: Animated Isolines, Arrow particles

Weather Plus

All MapTiler Cloud plans, including Free Contact us
Access to pre-processed MapTiler Weather layers
5 day forecast, updated every 6 hours
Resolution As high as your
own data allows
Particle Animations
Smooth visualisations up to 60FPS
Visualize your own custom weather data
Interactive 3D visualizations
Advanced visualizations: Animated Isolines, Arrow particles

Interested in the added benefits of Weather Plus?

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Bring your own weather data

Develop weather maps quickly and easily using your data and our mapping environment.

Use our advanced visualization tools and beautiful backdrop maps to maximize the impact of your weather data.

Interactive 3D Vizualisations

Build animated 3D weather visualizations to analyze radar data.

Use the customizable cutting tool to see inside storms.

Use vertical exaggeration and real time rendering controls to show more detail and control loading times.

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Dynamic visualization tools

Premium visualizations created automatically from the data.

Add isolines to your air pressure maps with automatic high and low spot detection.

Add arrows to your animated particles to clearly indicate direction of air flow.

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Build bespoke interfaces with Weather Plus now

Get in touch with our team to find out how we can help you create a unique weather experience.