WMTS to MBTiles utility

NodeJS utility to fetch map tiles from WTMS service to MBTiles format.

Usage

Usage: wmts-to-mbtiles [options]

Options:
  --layers            List WMTS service layers
  --layer [id]        Get layer
  --output [mbtiles]  Output file
  --zoom [zoom]       Zoom level (default: 10)
  --input [url]       WMTS service GetCapabilities URL
  --bbox [w s e n]    Latitude and longitude values, eg. "23.411 59.731 26.850 60.562"
  -h, --help          display help for command

Example

Fetch default layer from liikennevirasto.fi and output test.mbtiles:

wmts-to-mbtiles --input "https://julkinen.traficom.fi/rasteripalvelu/wmts?request=getcapabilities"  --layer Traficom:Satamakartat --zoom 5 --output output.mbtiles

Fetch smaller area:

wmts-to-mbtiles --input "https://julkinen.traficom.fi/rasteripalvelu/wmts?request=getcapabilities"  --layer Traficom:Satamakartat --bbox "24.89 60.13 24.93 60.15" --zoom 12 --output output.mbtiles

Helper for defining the bbox: http://boundingbox.klokantech.com/

List layers in {layer id} :: {layer name} format:

wmts-to-mbtiles --input "https://julkinen.traficom.fi/rasteripalvelu/wmts?request=getcapabilities" --layers

Finnish coastal nautical charts:

Check out https://github.com/vokkim/rannikkokartat-mbtiles

Preview result

Install mbview:

npm install -g mbview

Get a Mapbox access token for the basemap and export MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN=...

Run mbview:

mbview --port 4999 test.mbtiles

Generate zoom levels

1. Install GDAL Complete (> 2.1)

• For Mac: http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/frameworks
• echo 'export PATH=/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Programs:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile

2. Use gdaladdo to generate zoom levels for existing mbtiles file:

   gdaladdo -r cubic test.mbtiles 2 4 8 16 32

Use cubic sampling for better results.

License

MIT