Georeferencing maps
- Basic georeferencing workflow
Drawing features
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MapTiler Desktop supports a variety of output formats. For publishing on your web, select the Folder option. MBTiles is suitable for the use in mobile devices. The GeoPackage delivers one file for an exchange between different GIS software. Cloud hosting pushes your files directly into either Amazon S3 or Google Cloud storage. Switch On/Off Uncheck All Legend Switch On/Off Legend Switch On/Off Legend; Major Settlement: Major Fort: Civitas capital: Settlement: Minor Settlement: Fort: Fortlet: Camp.
Putting maps online
Using Maptiler to create a tileset
MapTiler provides a simple way of creating a set of tiles from any georeferenced map image. The tiles can then be presented as a as a georeferenced map overlay on a web server. It follows the Open Source Geospatial Foundation's (OSGeo's) Tile Map Service (TMS) specification.
- Input options: Any georeferenced image file, eg. a TIFF, JPEG from ArcGIS, QGIS.
- Output options: A set of directories with tiled images which can be copied to a web server for presentation as a georeferenced overlay. View examples.
- Strengths / weaknesses: MapTiler is simple, free, open-source software, with an easy wizard, described below, to guide through the options.
MapTiler takes advantage of the fact that Google Maps, Microsoft Bing, Yahoo Maps, and other online mapping providers including OpenStreetMap use the same projection and tiling profile and the tiles are therefore compatible. The extents of all tiles as well as the zoom levels (resolution in metres per pixel) are predefined for the whole Earth. The difference is only in the way the equivalent tiles are indexed. The Tiles à la Google Maps page describes and illustrates this. MapTiler prepares tiles using this specification as an easy and quick way of preparing a georeferenced map in a mashup web page.
Maptiler Pro
- Download MapTiler.
- Select the Tile Profile. Choose Google Maps Compatible (Spherical Mercator) for standard web publishing. Choose Google Earth (KML SuperOverlay) if you also want to generate a KML file for use in Google Earth. Click Continue.
- Choose the Source Data Files. Browse to select the raster image you want to tile. It is also possible to select a NODATA colour that will appear as transparent in the resulting image. Click Continue.
- Specify the Spatial Reference System / Coordinate System of the image. For all images that are in the British National Grid, it is recommended to specify this using the drop-down list. Specify the id-number from the EPSG/ESRI database. It is important that the transformation should include the EPSG:27700 with TOWGS84 parameter. Further information on coordinate reference systems. Click Continue.
- Specify details about the Tile Pyramid. The default settings for zoom levels and file format are often best. Click Continue.
- Specify details about the Destination folder and Addresses / URLs for the tileset. If you do not know these, they can be added into the default googlemaps.html and openlayers.html files after tile generation. Click Continue.
- Tick the Viewers that should be generated. By default, a googlemaps.html and openlayers.html file are generated. You can also choose to generate a KML SuperOverlay file for Google Earth. Click Continue.
- Specify the Details for generating the Viewers, such as the title, copyright notice, and API keys. If you do not know these, they can be added into the default googlemaps.html / openlayers.html files after tile generation. Click Continue.
- Click Render to start rendering the image. When complete, MapTiler provides a link to the finished tileset. Open the googlemaps.html or openlayers.html files in a web browser to view the tileset as an overlay. Copy the entire tileset and all subdirectories to a web server, and edit the googlemaps.html or openlayers.html files as required to present this on the web. For example, view the NLS historical map overlays.
FOREFLIGHT MOBILE
Customize How You Fly with ForeFlight
Easily import custom waypoints, charts, and map layers via hyperlink, email attachment, AirDrop, or drag-and-drop in iTunes for viewing on the map. Ideal for flight schools, search and rescue operations, pipeline patrol, aerial firefighting, and more.
Maptiler Desktop
Content Packs
Content Packs give you control over the type of critical information you need to see in ForeFlight for missions like wildfire fighting, smokejumping, backcountry flying, flight training, sightseeing tours, and more.
Easily build Content Packs using a variety of data types, then access your data for flight planning and flying in the familiar Maps, Airports, and Plates app views.
Custom Charts
Bring your own geo-referenced charts to ForeFlight with support for MBTiles, an open source file format developed by MapBox that allows for efficient compression and distribution of large charts. A great tool for creating your own MBtiles is MapTiler, which is free to download and allows you to quickly georeference and export raster charts.
Learn more about Custom Charts
Custom Map Layers
Maptiler Qgis
Create custom overlays with KML geographic shapefiles. KML (Keyhole Markup Language) is a file format used for geographic data that allows you to import shapes such as points, lines, and polygons into ForeFlight's map view. User Map Shapes allow you to designate specific areas on the map for your custom navigation needs; flight schools or flying clubs can use User Map Shapes to delineate training areas or route lines on the map.
Learn more about Custom Map Layers
Maptiler Download
User Waypoints
Maptiler Pricing
User Waypoints in ForeFlight allow you to save geographic locations and then view them as named point markers on the Maps view. You can create user waypoints one-by-one in the app itself, or import them in bulk using a CSV or KML file, then add them to your route plan like any other waypoint.