



The open source Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL) can transform raster images into the MBTiles format. More information is available on our blog. This is the best way to style your GIS data (raster and/or vector) and export an MBTiles map for use in Fulcrum. QGIS, the popular free and open source Geographic Information System, now supports directly generating raster XYZ tiles, including MBTiles, from the QGIS map canvas. MapTiler also has built in georeferencing, making it easy to position images that may not be referenced. If you have a GeoTIFF or JPEG2000 file, this is a great tool for converting it for use in Fulcrum. MapTiler Desktop is a free tool for converting raster images generated in GIS, AutoCAD, etc. Once initially download, these layers work fully offline.īelow are some useful tools for generating MBTiles from local raster files, GIS datasets, and remote tile servers. Uploaded layers can also be permissioned to other users within your account. MBTiles files can be loaded directly from your mobile device or uploaded to Fulcrum for use on the web. Be sure your MBTiles file contains only raster tiles for use in Fulcrum. The MBTiles file container can also be used with vector tilesets, but these are not supported in Fulcrum. MBTiles files are essentially SQLite databases containing tiles and metadata tables for storing tilesets.įulcrum currently only supports raster tilesets.
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Fulcrum leverages the MBTiles format for offline map layers.
