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5 Jun
Find out how to use the underlying logic of the geocoder and available parameters to fine-tune the search results for specific needs.
20 May
We have a new, clean, modern map of Japan that uses its specific cartographic conventions. Built with a unique blend of official GSI data and MapTiler’s premium Planet-V4 mapping dataset.
18 May
MapTiler Server 4.8 has been released, allowing you to blend your own aerial or drone imagery into global satellite maps using a visual editor; deploy rapidly to Apple computers with the macOS Installer. Plus is has updated geocoding with world views.
11 May
A huge improvement to 3D models in our SDK enables great interactivity. We have a new, clean, modern map of Japan using their specific cartographic conventions.
15 Apr
Version 3.16 offers improved road connections and dark-mode maps. Thanks to all the Open-source contributors who helped update it.
13 Apr
Instantly transform raw images into fully georeferenced map tiles ready to publish with the new online georeferencer. Position floor plans, architectural drawings, and drone imagery using an intuitive web interface.
1 Apr
Create professional maps with gridlines, and a major update to our Satellite layer, adding up-to-date high-resolution imagery for Scandinavia and the US.
11 Mar
Uncover the depths of 71% of Earth with our Ocean map, which visualizes the seafloor's richness by revealing ridges, basins, and trenches in stunning detail.
9 Mar
We’ve made a major update to our Map styles, including Satellite, Backdrop, and Aquarelle. We’ve also added over 650,000 new addresses, largely in rural areas of France, to our search and location services.
5 Mar
Empower critical operations with Topo: high-resolution terrain data, vector performance, and multilingual support via API or on-prem. Precision for every mission.
4 Mar
Our geocoding in North America just got a massive upgrade. Get 10x more postal codes in Canada and much more accurate US searches to power your logistics, checkouts, and other apps.
3 Mar
Outdoor and Winter map styles for hiking, biking, skiing, and all outdoor and winter sports now have more detail and clearer cartography. The best maps for making outdoor or activity tracking apps and websites.
27 Feb
Fully control styling, behavior, and interaction logic of custom map controls. With MapTiler SDK JS, using native HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you can fully control the map UI with declarative or programmatic APIs.
16 Feb
Style terrain by altitude with a new color relief functionality and advanced hillshade methods. Available in both Customize and the latest SDK.
12 Feb
Get precise results for searches on US addresses. Enhanced preprocessing of our Search now handles "messy" inputs such as floors, suites, and apartments.
11 Feb
GeoSplats, MapTiler’s photo-realistic 3D models have been upgraded with new Levels of Detail (LoDs). These give a significant performance boost and make advanced models usable on less powerful devices.
6 Feb
Our latest Geocoding update adds 3.8M+ new business POIs and improves search accuracy for natural landforms and cross-border features; all with zero integration changes.
4 Feb
The Dataviz map style is now easier to integrate into dashboards and interactive visualizations with its simple layer hierarchy and reliable base data.
2 Feb
Searches for locations with a slash in them are now more accurate with MapTiler's geocoding service. We account for local differences in how they are used around the world.
20 Jan
Experience the classic OpenStreetMap style in a dark mode. It offers cartography with high-contrast icons, colours, and typography to ensure perfect clarity against the dark background.
12 Jan
Upgrade your local cartography with the Buildings tileset: a high-detail expansion for the latest map v4 styles featuring stable IDs, 3D geometry, and precise entrance points.
7 Jan
Transforming your static engineering drawings or scanned maps into interactive map layers is now easier than ever. Upload georeferenced PDFs directly to the Cloud.
19 Dec 2025
Highlights of GeoCamp & SotM Spain 2025: from DuckDB and MapTiler innovations to a discussion with geospatial community and international experts.
18 Dec 2025
Elevate your globe visualizations with new spacebox and halo features. Customize atmospheric effects and star backgrounds easily in Map Designer or the SDK.
17 Dec 2025
Save disk space: Regional extracts are now available for Satellite imagery. Select specific continents, countries, or cities to optimize your hosting.
11 Dec 2025
The new Landscape map style: an artistic canvas for journeys. With unique hand-drawn hillshading and adaptive clarity, it brings your data stories to life.
8 Dec 2025
The new Base map style: the ultimate map canvas for data visualization. Clean, unobtrusive, and AI-ready, it’s the perfect backdrop for your data.
4 Dec 2025
MapTiler's first user conference Connect 25 was a great success. Launching GeoSplats, Mobile Mapping SDKs, next-generation maps, Open Foundation, and more.
3 Dec 2025
Introducing the new MapTiler Streets map. Features include localized shields, last-mile detail, Dark mode, and enhanced transit networks for navigation.
26 Nov 2025
MapTiler supports Light Up Czechia by providing an interactive map that visualizes every donation.
25 Nov 2025
On-premises rasterization is now available on all platforms with Server! Serve modern maps from any operating system to legacy systems that are up to 20 years old.
30 Oct 2025
MapTiler On-Prem has made it easy to get software to serve the maps you host on your own infrastructure.
21 Oct 2025
Three new map styles with refreshed cartography with denser data across zoom levels are now avaiable for public testing.
8 Oct 2025
Fresh 20 cm/px imagery from 2020–2024 is now available in the MapTiler satellite map.
7 Oct 2025
Use the vector data editor to simplify or smooth lines and polygons on your maps to make them look cleaner and load faster.
24 Sept 2025
Spain has newly processed aerial imagery added to the MapTiler Satellite map.
19 Sept 2025
Fresh, high-quality aerial imagery of Estonia is now available in the MapTiler satellite map.
29 Aug 2025
Save the date for MapTiler Connect 25, our first ever user conference! October 21st
26 Aug 2025
A fresh set of 2024 aerial images has just been added to our satellite map, covering the Netherlands in remarkable clarity. The new data comes at 7.5 cm/px resolution, capturing the country’s unique mix of landscapes and cities with impressive precision.
25 Aug 2025
The Elevation API can be used to return the height above sea-level for any given location, or batch of locations
20 Aug 2025
The satellite map of Prague has just been updated with brand-new aerial imagery from 2024, now available in stunning 5 cm/px resolution.
13 Aug 2025
Convert your data into map tiles extremely fast and reliably with our next-gen multithread technology in MapTiler Engine 14.1.
7 Aug 2025
A TypeScript & JavaScript library for handling large file uploads with multipart support and progress tracking. The Upload JS provides a simple way to upload files to MapTiler and track progress.
1 Aug 2025
Find out what the MapTiler Team did at the FOSS4G Europe 2025 conference in Mostar.
31 Jul 2025
Drag and drop your vector geodata (up to 1 GB) into MapTiler to get it immediately ready for publishing online.
30 Jul 2025
Our global database of address points is continually expanding with new data from various sources—especially governmental and other public datasets.
28 Jul 2025
The updated Data dashboard makes it simple to download geographical data for continents, countries, and cities.
8 Jul 2025
Search for places on maps and reverse geocode in your offline or self-hosted environments with MapTiler Server 4.7
26 Jun 2025
Germany’s satellite map has been updated with crisp, high-resolution aerial imagery from recent years.
28 Apr 2025
The MapTiler SDK 3D Module lets you display 3D models in GLTF and GLB formats on maps.
9 Apr 2025
The MapTiler team attended the MWC25 conference in Barcelona and these are the key takeaways summarized by the team organizer, Luis Suter.
12 Feb 2025
We have refreshed aerial satellite imagery for all 50 states of America. This considerable update means a full implementation of 2021-2023 data with cutting-edge resolution ranging from 15-60cm/px.
7 Feb 2025
When Czech President Petr Pavel traveled to the United States, our Product Manager, Jaroslav Polacek, was part of the official delegation. He presented MapTiler to various audiences, strengthened business connections, and helped establish our presence.
21 Jan 2025
MapTiler SDK version 3 lets you display maps on a 3D globe using TypeScript
10 Dec 2024
Automate your workflows with MapTiler Engine 14.0! Discover Task Queues, detailed task reports, and advanced task settings for efficient data processing and cloud uploads.
29 Nov 2024
The best map customizations to make your maps fit your website or app design
13 Nov 2024
Discover the new MapTiler Server 4.6 with ARM64 and Kubernetes support, and enhanced OGC Tiles API interoperability for versatile, enterprise-grade mapping solutions
4 Nov 2024
NZZ worked with MapTiler as a technology partner to create an advanced spatial data visualization about the effects of climate change.
2 Oct 2024
The new version of our vector data editor makes creating and publishing your own vector geospatial data easier than ever.
25 Sept 2024
Upload PNGs to your maps to use as icons and patterns. You can add photos to use as icons for landmarks.
19 Sept 2024
Improved import of GIS data into webmaps now available in MapTiler Cloud
27 Aug 2024
MapTiler Engine 13.4 has been released! This latest version streamlines processing workflows, making it much easier to convert your data to tiles, merge your tilesets, or upload your tilesets to the cloud.
23 Aug 2024
Advanced data visualization of population density on maps using the MapTiler SDK weather module
12 Jun 2024
MapTiler Engine 13.3 has been released! This latest version brings great new features that help you to open and process your data faster, and merge two or more tilesets together.
29 Apr 2024
OpenMapTiles 3.15, the open-source vector tiles map-generation tool, is out now. It enhances the road network, improves water features, and better cartography.
12 Mar 2024
Customize your map icons using the latest version of MapTiler's Customize tool. Edit the icons color, size and other attributes or upload your own svgs or sprites to use on the map.
27 Feb 2024
The new MapTiler Engine 13.2 makes it easy to upload tilesets to MapTiler Cloud via the command line, share maps online & style them on free hosting, and get in touch with our team.
14 Feb 2024
On-premise and Offline map server can now mosaic different layers with color-toning to create seamless, beautiful maps.
4 Dec 2023
GeoCamp ES is a non-profit, free-to-attend, and self-financed national conference of the international collective Geoinquietos. To talk and learn about earth sciences, open geodata services, free software, and GIS applications, especially around the OSGeo community.
22 Nov 2023
Greatly improved performance in MapTiler Engine 13, the latest release of the leading map tile rendering software.
31 Oct 2023
A high-resolution satellite map of the entire world is now available to all free and paying users of MapTiler Cloud.
11 Oct 2023
Pesonalize static maps from your self-hosted server with markers, lines and areas.
28 Aug 2023
Edit maps quickly and easily with our powerful map design tool.
24 Jul 2023
A free weather API for visualizing temperature, precipitation, wind, radar, pressure, and clouds to web maps and apps. Add weather layers and animations to your maps.
2 Jul 2023
At MapTiler we believe in open source projects and actively contribute to several key ones in the geospatial industry. This means we are always keen to participate in the annual FOSS4G event, so we can share ideas ...
30 May 2023
The latest version of MapTiler Engine lets you add beautiful custom watermarks to protect your maps without ruining them.
29 May 2023
The Swiss Economic Award is a prestigious prize that recognizes exceptional entrepreneurial accomplishments in Switzerland. More than 120 companies applied for this prize in 2023. The selection process involved ...
23 May 2023
The new version of OpenMapTiles is available in an OpenStreetMap style, showing all the features available.
5 May 2023
MapTiler has been creating a comprehensive mapping ecosystem for businesses, including advanced processing tools like Desktop/Engine, data storage and processing services, QGIS plugins, geocoding and geolocation services, JavaScript libraries, map styling tools, and more. Until now, we primarily relied on the open-source community and MapLibre for displaying maps on the web. While this will continue, we are taking it to…
4 May 2023
What’s new in 4.3: Smoother automated workflows, you can upload new tiles via API Easier to use API: functionality aligned with the Cloud API documentation updates License changes, get your new key now! Improved raster handling, faster and more efficient Download the latest version of MapTiler Server for free now!
8 Feb 2023
MapTiler Ocean, the latest addition to MapTiler Cloud, describes the world’s oceans in great detail and brings new possibilities for marine cartography. Containing detailed bathymetry as hillshading and contours, it lets you add detail and interest to what is usually blue space on the map.
30 Jan 2023
Planet Lite, our copyright-free map of the entire world, has been upgraded with enhanced features and issue fixes have been made to our lite version of MapTiler Planet. This latest release of the Lite version of MapTiler Planet has improved compatibility, boundaries, and some new features and upgrades.
2 Dec 2022
Get high resolution satellite imagery for your specified date and location. MapTiler and Satellogic have partnered to bring you tasked imagery at the most competitive prices, ready for use in your web maps and apps.
2 Nov 2022
MapTiler Server 4.2 has many improvements, giving you API controls, Static maps, WMS services and High DPI maps.
24 Oct 2022
MapTiler Desktop is now MapTiler Engine! Faster processing, optimized tiles, affordable pricing and many more improvements.
29 Sept 2022
Updated aerial images have been added to the Cloud and Data services this year, covering Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Slovakia, Estonia, and New Zealand.
22 Aug 2022
MapTiler visited one of the biggest mapping conferences in the world, State of the Map 2022. Our talk focused on a new open map style that is becoming part of the open-source OpenMapTiles project.
27 Jun 2022
New version of MapTiler QGIS Plugin 3.0 with detailed global terrain, contour lines, hillshading, and maps using these terrain data for outdoor activities.
7 Jun 2022
Build animated weather radar maps with MapTiler Weather
30 May 2022
Cadastre maps for your website or app using Vector tiles from MapTiler.
19 May 2022
The second generation of MapLibre GL JS is here! It has been rewritten in TypeScript and maps can be displayed in 3D. All previous apps, styles, and custom maps continue to work and are now 3D-ready.
4 May 2022
OpenStreetMap’s familiar styling is now available for developers to adapt and use with vector basemaps.
12 Apr 2022
Create your own geoportal with a custom map, your own data, a map legend, a place-name search, a satellite view of a selected building, and a street view.
30 Mar 2022
Choosing from various pre-defined map styles and customizing maps is much easier with the new Cloud UX and the refreshed map designer tool.
25 Mar 2022
MapTiler Cloud Admin API allows you to upload map data, change the metadata of already created tiles, add new ones, update, or delete them.
11 Mar 2022
MapTiler has made a winter-themed basemap enabling you to build ski resort maps or apps to track ski routes, plan winter sports, and apres-ski entertainment.
10 Mar 2022
MapTiler have greatly improved the styling of their maps of Japan, and these styles are available to use anywhere on Earth.
28 Feb 2022
Create the most stunning game environments by modifying real terrain maps of any place on Earth.
22 Feb 2022
Details of MapTiler QGIS Plugin 3.0 with a global terrain basemap and customizable OpenStreetMap vector tiles.
8 Feb 2022
What's new in the latest version of the very successful open-source project OpenMapTiles used by 250 millions users every month.
25 Jan 2022
How MapTiler created beautiful cloudless satellite maps of the whole world with ESA Sentinel-2 data.
21 Jan 2022
Satellite and high-resolution aerial imagery of the USA, Europe, and Japan is now available for self-hosting from on-prem environments or offline laptops.
18 Jan 2022
The latest cloud-free satellite imagery for the whole world in high resolution and beautiful, natural colors.
13 Jan 2022
The new version of MapTiler Server can easily connect to any PostGIS database and load data as map tiles.
11 Jan 2022
The new MapTiler Desktop 11.3 release is now available for you to download, and it brings some sweet new features!
16 Dec 2021
New MapTiler Planet maps have more than 150 million new buildings, quality control, greatly improved landcover, and upgraded hillshading and contours. It’s our best ever mapping!
23 Sept 2021
The new version of the MapTiler plugin pushes our maps from MapTiler Cloud almost to perfection
13 Sept 2021
At this year’s >>venture>> award organized by ETH Zurich, McKinsey & Company, Knecht Holding, Innosuisse, and EPFL, MapTiler was ranked first among 357 Swiss startups.
6 Sept 2021
Attribution free maps of the entire world for videos, posters, and games.
16 Aug 2021
The brand new MapTiler Desktop 11.2 arrived with estimation of rendering time.
10 Jul 2021
Map for hiking, biking, and other outdoor adventures.
4 Jun 2021
Introducing a new open-source map library for both Android and iOS.
12 May 2021
New JavaScript components for animating weather data like temperature, wind flow, or any other scientific information were developed by our team.
13 Apr 2021
MapTiler is launching MapTiler.ch, a home for customers from Switzerland.
31 Mar 2021
More than half a million square kilometers of 20cm/px resolution aerial imagery processed and ready to be used via API or for download.
10 Mar 2021
The 11th version of our data-into-maps converting software MapTiler Desktop makes the already easy to use interface even easier and the wizard will guide you like in a tutorial. Moreover, with the new user flow, you can start using MapTiler Desktop as a viewer for your geodata.
5 Mar 2021
The recently launched swisstopo maps are now available for commercial use from MapTiler’s global infrastructure with guaranteed SLA, seamlessly blended with global maps, as raster tiles, on mobile devices, with dark and gray styles, and much more!
25 Feb 2021
MapTiler Team has been working with swisstopo, the Swiss Federal Office of Topography, to develop a new vector map for the modern user.
18 Feb 2021
Geocaching is a world-wide game where people search for hidden treasures. MapTiler provides the official website data for the background map that shows where all these boxes are hidden.
28 Jan 2021
The new version of the very sucessful open-source project OpenMapTiles used by 250 millions users every month was just released.
8 Jan 2021
After Mapbox announced the closure of Mapbox GL JS, the community made a collective decision to maintain and further develop the last open-source version and build a free alternative.
18 Dec 2020
MapTiler Data has launched. It provides ready-to-use geographical data of the entire world for your web & mobile applications.
3 Dec 2020
Run street, satellite, and terrain maps of the entire world from your server, private cloud, virtual machine, or laptop.
2 Dec 2020
The GEOlayers plugin for Adobe After Effects is a powerful tool for adding maps into videos.
1 Dec 2020
A few simple steps to create bathymetry vector tiles for an ocean map.
14 Sept 2020
While California is suffocating due to strong wildfires, PurpleAir is monitoring the air quality.
10 Aug 2020
We are happy to announce our collaboration with the Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo.
5 Aug 2020
What should be in the upcoming version of MapTiler Desktop? Tell us!
31 Jul 2020
MapTiler is excited to announce a partnership with MySwitzerland.com.
19 Jun 2020
The new QGIS 3.14 version adds support for the native loading of vector tiles. The easiest way to load them is via the recently released plugin.
17 Jun 2020
The brand new MapTiler Server makes it extremely easy to deliver map services from your own hardware.
10 Jun 2020
Open-source plugin for QGIS that loads fast vector maps. Change colors and fonts of the map to get unique look.
29 May 2020
Are you creating a mobile app or website with dark mode and looking for a map to fit the design? Try Dark and Night maps and create your own!
14 May 2020
The very sucessful open-source project OpenMapTiles is used by 250 millions users every month. Here are the plans for the future.
8 May 2020
High-resolution aerial imagery and official government map data of entire Japan is now available to the global audience via Maps API. It becomes possible thanks to a partnership with our local business partner, MIERUNE.
30 Apr 2020
Toner, map style created a decade ago by a famous Stamen Design studio, is now available in vector tiles.
10 Mar 2020
How we supported journalism serving in the public good with our maps.
4 Mar 2020
CloudPush technology offers manipulation with files on cloud services that are both fast and extremely easy-to-use.
30 Jan 2020
The new version of our open-source map publishing project OpenMapTiles 3.11 adds support for disputed borders, roads under construction and adds two new languages.
24 Jan 2020
MapTiler is partnering with MIERUNE and opnes for business in Japan with maps adapted to the Japanese market.
20 Jan 2020
We recently updated MapTiler Satellite all over France with high-resolution aerial imagery.
17 Dec 2019
Add position of your shop in the city, hiking trails with related points of interest, electric power grid or any other vector data on a map with a few clicks.
10 Dec 2019
MapTiler Desktop 10.3 significantly improve rendering maps from PDFs or GeoPDFs and adds support for the Dutch RD New Tile Grid.
5 Dec 2019
MapTiler opens local branch in Brno, Czechia.
21 Nov 2019
MapTiler opens local branch in Lyon, France.
20 Nov 2019
MapTiler appeared in the Swiss National TV (SRF1 channel) broadcasted in the main Friday news at a prime time.
19 Nov 2019
MapTiler.nl launched in cooperation with Webmapper in the Netherlands.
7 Nov 2019
Save money with MapTiler Cloud monthly spending control.
15 Oct 2019
Base maps in French Lambert, Dutch Rijksdriehoekstelsel, or global WGS84 available via API for free.
MapTiler Cloud offers map hosting for your own geodata in any coordinate system in GeoPackage format with EPSG coordinate reference system.
MapTiler Desktop 10.2 is able to generate map in any geographic coordinate system in GeoPackage format and directly upload to MapTiler Cloud.
1 Oct 2019
MapTiler in cooperation with Airbus presents high-resolution satellite map of Europe.
26 Sept 2019
MapTiler team was presenting at the open-source State of the Map conference.
11 Sept 2019
New Geocoding API service is available for free: use place name search, reverse geocoding, proximity search, and other functionality.
6 Sept 2019
MapTiler team was presenting at FOSS4G 2019 open-source conference with two talks.
14 Aug 2019
Mobile app for collecting field data on the go.
7 Aug 2019
Data from Ordnance Survey is available for developers via API for free.
14 Jun 2019
MapTiler is the proud partner of Red Bull X-Alps 2019, 2021, and 2023 for providing 3D terrain maps for live tracking
The new version of our open-source map publishing project OpenMapTiles 3.10 improves many water features, updates boundaries, brings new points of interest and adds four new languages.
10 Jun 2019
Two new beautiful map styles - Topographique and Pastel - are available on MapTiler Cloud!
6 Jun 2019
New free vector data editor allows you to creating maps of your POIs, digitizing aerial maps, or creating thematic maps.
28 May 2019
Get simple data management, base maps, tools for map styling, single login and other advantages for your geodata hosting.
23 Apr 2019
C++/QML application using Qt 5 that shows several types of MapTiler streets map.
4 Apr 2019
We prepared an automated update system that brings you regular weekly updates of maps from the OpenStreetMap vector tiles.
2 Apr 2019
Our maps will be even faster: we are announcing major infrastructure enhancements today!
26 Mar 2019
High-resolution aerial imagery of the USA is now available in MapTiler Cloud.
21 Mar 2019
We offer RGB-encoded elevation data for developers via maps API.
7 Feb 2019
The difference between raster and vector tiles, the vector tiles description, comparison, and how to generate own vector tiles.
16 Jan 2019
Static Maps API on MapTiler Cloud now allows adding colorful markers.
18 Dec 2018
The new version of the open-source OpenMapTiles project adds support for docks, piers, and multilingual street names.
14 Dec 2018
MapTiler Desktop 10 can now render vector data into map tiles.
5 Dec 2018
European Space Agency awarded the MapTiler team for our work on the the seamless satellite map made from the Sentinel-2 satellite imagery.
2 Nov 2018
Try maps in augmented reality running from the browser without a need to install any mobile app.
30 Oct 2018
Our project for traveling in time on a digital map - TimeMachine Atlas prototype of the city of Venice - is now live!
8 Oct 2018
How to create you own car navigation with Raspberry Pi and our open-source map project.
17 Sept 2018
We just rolled out the first batch of high-res satellite imagery with amazing 12.5cm per pixel resolution.
4 Sept 2018
Creating own map design is now straightforward with a new map design tool.
3 Sept 2018
MapTiler reveals Intelligent Maps, which can dynamically adapt colors, displayed language and data for individual visitors and perfectly fit the need of companies who use the maps in their...
31 Aug 2018
New 3D terrain for Cesium JavaScript library you can start using for free.
7 Aug 2018
Watch the new design of MapTiler, see the beautiful graphics, new logo, and read how be built it.
3 Aug 2018
Our summary of the State of the Map 2018 conference.
1 Jul 2018
Starting July 16th, many developers are going to be slammed by bills from Google for using Maps API on their websites or in apps. Every website which uses a map and has...
27 Jun 2018
Cloudless satellite imagery for the whole world.
31 May 2018
Create map design in a few mouse clicks. Change languages, fonts, and colors.
The new MapTiler Platform offers base maps of the entire world, geodata processing, and a mobile application that covers the entire map-creation flow.
23 May 2018
Maps of the entire world for web, mobile, and desktop applications. Powered by open-source and open data, running on a reliable infrastructure.
21 May 2018
MapTiler is the best Google Maps API alternative with a FREE plan.
15 May 2018
Streets is a new map style with a clear roads' hierarchy that shows only relevant information for quick decision.
9 May 2018
With MapTiler, you can publish your maps using mutliple opne-source SDKs, JavaScript libraries, and style them the way you want.
8 May 2018
MapTiler Desktop 9 brings automatic color corrections and other improvements.
30 Apr 2018
The new release of open-source project OpenMapTiles 3.8 brings evolutionary steps rather than revolution.
18 Apr 2018
How to run maps of the entire world on your own server with Docker.
13 Apr 2018
The Swiss Society of Cartography awarded MapTiler for its innovative work in the field of digital cartography.
5 Apr 2018
Make sure your maps are GDPR complaint.
1 Mar 2018
Very simple way of how to display map service in QGI3 without a map server.
9 Feb 2018
How to display maps in the language of visitor: an example.
31 Jan 2018
The MapTiler Team won the Copernicus Masters award granted by the European Space Agency.
20 Dec 2017
OpenMapTiles Server - run maps on your on-premises server.
12 Dec 2017
The new version of OpenMapTiles brings truly multiplingual maps.
6 Dec 2017
Download satellite map of the entire world for self-hosting with OpenMapTiles Satellite.
12 Jul 2017
MapTiler Desktop 8.0 is here - and it can generate map tiles in OGC GeoPackage format.
28 Jun 2017
OpenMapTiles project can now display multilingual names of places from the OpenStreetMap data very easily.
11 May 2017
Geoeditor is a simple online app for collaborative creating and editing of basic geographical data - just draw points, polygons and lines on top of the maps directly in a web browser.
10 May 2017
Our new GeoEditor mobile app brings comfortable drawing tools, importing own maps into mobile devices, various base maps, standardized data formats, and much more!
10 Apr 2017
New release of OpenMapTiles brings aeroways, transportation names, German names, and mountain peaks.
17 Jan 2017
OpenMapTiles: new open-source project for generating map tiles.
14 Dec 2016
The new MapTiler Desktop includes the Resume mode, sending maps to your phone or tablet, and many more useful features.
30 Nov 2016
A new application allowing drag&drop of data into your Google Drive folder.
12 Oct 2016
The NOAA use the MapTiler Desktop software to turn the aerial photos taken after the Hurricane Matthew into a fast and reliable mapping service.
5 Oct 2016
New open-source place search/geocoding software is now available on GitHub.
31 Aug 2016
New open-source project TileServer GL has just been released in version 1.0 at the FOSS4G conference and is available on our GitHub.
26 Aug 2016
An example on how to make blue-green deployment of containers with Docker and Nginx.
23 Aug 2016
Klokan Technologies is behind a new implementation of PDFium in GDAL. It allows efficient reading of PDF and GeoPDF file formats.
14 Jul 2016
MapTiler Desktop 7 comes with new interface, auto-save of the georefence, and other cool features.
1 Jun 2016
Open source software Tileserver.php developed by Klokan Technologies helps NOAA pilots to acquire new aerial imagery.
4 May 2016
New version of the open-source project TileServer-PHP has just been released with many cool new features.
20 Apr 2016
Epsg.io was successfully updated with latest EPSG database 8.9. We are happy to announce these new features.
13 Apr 2016
We have made a Google Maps API v3 component, which anybody can use in custom projects to add a control showing current geolocation with just one line of code.
8 Apr 2016
MapTiler helps with the fast delivery of aerial images taken with multispectral crop monitoring sensors, usually carried by a drone or an aircraft.
31 Mar 2015
To create a custom map was never so simple. MapTiler converts your map into the high resolution format compatible with Garmin handheld GPS devices.
4 Mar 2015
The new MapTiler Desktop 0.6 is now available with automatic OGC WMTS services, offline map viewer, export maps to Garmin GPS, visual referencing with satellite map, and many other news.
4 Feb 2015
Have you been struggling with complicated installation of open-source GIS command-line tools with all the drivers on your computer? Now it is much easier!
9 Jan 2015
If you need to publish your maps online, there is no need for Geoserver, Map Server or ArcGIS Server, which are all hard to install and maintain. You can do it on any PHP hosting.
6 Dec 2014
Our software allows you to view MBTiles file offline.
19 Nov 2014
We released a video on how to create a Google Earth KML SuperOverlay.
13 Nov 2014
Klokan Technologies GmbH team, in cooperation with CampToCamp and BoundlessGeo, designed and implemented a binding between the OpenLayers and Cesium projects allowing to display maps in 3D.
4 Nov 2014
It is now possible to search by country, code, or system name directly within the app.
29 Oct 2014
Custom online globe for your website using WebGL Earth.
16 Oct 2014
Maps rendered with MapTiler or available as MBTiles file can be uploaded to Amazon S3 and viewed using libraries such as Leaflet, OpenLayers, WebGL Earth, Google Maps API, MapBox.js, etc.
24 Jul 2014
The MapTiler Desktop 0.5.4 comes with several new cool features available to all our customers.
17 Jul 2014
To embed a 3D globe in a website with an open-source project is now really easy with WegGL Earth 2
26 Mar 2014
We announce MapTiler Desktop 0.5.3 with several exciting new features.
14 Mar 2014
We announce a new open-source web service with a database of coordinates systems used in maps worldwide.
26 Feb 2014
New MapTiler Video tutorial “How to load a geographical location from KML” is online on Youtube
17 Jan 2014
Klokan Technologies is pleased to announce the launch of a new version of MapTiler with georeferencing functionality that allows to turn an image without any geographical information into a real map.