MapTiler Changelog

What's new in MapTiler 13.2

Feb 27, 2024
  • Command line upload to MapTiler Cloud - Upload tilesets directly to MapTiler Cloud from both the GUI and command line (CLI).
  • Free Online Hosting and Styling in MapTiler Cloud - Use your MapTiler Cloud account to host your tiles and create beautifully styled maps.
  • New Feedback Form - We've made it easier to get in touch with us through product feedback or technical support.
  • Various minor enhancements to improve the overall user experience.

New in MapTiler 13.1 (Nov 29, 2023)

  • This release fixes a bug related to the rendering of vector tiles.

New in MapTiler 13.0 (Nov 25, 2023)

  • Faster tile rendering - The new algorithm processes your data in less time.
  • New rendering types - Each plan now has a tailored rendering type.
  • Filter the files you process - Easily filter files by filename or attribute such as their coordinate system.
  • Improved responsiveness - Engine will never freeze when opening a large number of files.
  • Effortless updates - One click to install new versions.
  • Enhanced dialog text - It is now possible to copy text from all dialogs.
  • Various minor enhancements to improve the overall user experience.

New in MapTiler 12.2 (Aug 18, 2023)

  • Custom preactivated binary - New option for MapTiler Engine distribution.
  • Various enhancements to the user interface.
  • Single-band image scale settings in the desktop app - The desktop app allows to adjust the band scale for single-band images with non-8-bit data types.
  • Custom basemap improvement - Adding a new custom basemap is now more convenient.

New in MapTiler 12.1 (May 11, 2023)

  • Custom watermark image and text
  • Support for on-premise floating licenses
  • License Server for on-prem floating licenses
  • Estimated remaining time and elapsed time during rendering
  • Other small user experience improvements and bug fixes

New in MapTiler 12.0 (Oct 26, 2022)

  • MapTiler Desktop becomes MapTiler Engine, with flexible plans and more affordable prices
  • MapTiler Engine PRO plan available directly from the web
  • Add custom watermarks to your output
  • Optimized PNG tiles are the new default output format
  • Updated sample HTML viewers with MapTiler basemaps generated with your output
  • Pick a color from the input file for transparency
  • Other small user experience improvements

New in MapTiler 11.3 (Dec 22, 2021)

  • Change basemap for live input preview or final map
  • Improved vector map inspect mode
  • New Global settings with advanced rendering options - Resampling, Folder Tiling Scheme, Sparse output, Retina scale, Directories, …
  • Improved file-based zooms settings, drag&drop, multiple file edits
  • Other small user experience improvements
  • Fixed AutoUpdate links for PRO binaries

New in MapTiler 11.2.1 (Sep 23, 2021)

  • Fixed activation issue with license keys on Linux

New in MapTiler 11.2 (Jun 18, 2021)

  • Estimates for output before rendering
  • Generate Google Earth KML, or Garmin-like GPS maps
  • Nice and same visual of finished uploaded map to Cloud (MapTiler, S3, Google, Azure, etc)
  • Drag&Drop for GeoPackage or MBTiles to preview the map directly
  • More customized icons for supported files by MapTiler Desktop on each OS
  • Upload to Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure [PLUS]
  • Fixed tiling vector geometries outside bounds for Mercator coordinates
  • Fixed visual georeferencer tool for GeoPDF
  • Other small fixes and improvements

New in MapTiler 11 (Feb 28, 2021)

  • New User Interface for vector tiles generator
  • Live preview of input raster sources
  • Export in other output coordinates - Geodetic, National, Pixels-raster, Custom
  • Upload to MapTiler Cloud
  • Signed and notarized binary on macOS
  • AppImage container for Linux (DEB / RPM links on our web)
  • Better work with multiple files [Pro]
  • Set manual scales for non-8bit images, render Float images [Plus/Pro]
  • New GUI with updated visual design
  • Improved UX for Output Settings - change output tiles format, zoom levels, file-based zooms
  • Improved generated GeoPackage for vectors and rasters, supported in MapTiler Cloud
  • Fixed Google Maps in Visual georeferencing tool
  • Fixed generated tiles from vectors covering the whole world (Natural Earth Data)
  • Fixed opening GeoPDF

New in MapTiler 10.3 (Dec 12, 2019)

  • GDAL with improved PDF library on Windows / macOS
  • New custom Tiling preset - Netherlands/New RD, EPSG:28992
  • Updated custom Tiling preset S-JTSK for Czechia EPSG:5514
  • Changed arguments for custom Tiling presets [Pro]
  • Fixed issues with licensing library
  • Small improvements in the graphic interface

New in MapTiler 10.2 (Oct 2, 2019)

  • Upload advanced tiles with a custom grid as GeoPackage into MapTiler Cloud
  • Improved HiDPI tiles with a custom grid as GeoPackage
  • Improved rendering of advanced raster files (ECW, JP2)
  • New custom tiling grid - Lambert 93 for France
  • Upload Web Mercator MBTiles into our new MapTiler Mobile application
  • New Linux distributions - Debian 10, Fedora 30
  • Improved license verification system, mostly on Windows 10
  • Several other small improvements and bug fixes

New in MapTiler 10.1 (Oct 2, 2019)

  • MapTiler Cloud integration - upload directly MBTiles from the application after rendering
  • Updated GDAL to 2.4.1 on macOS, Windows
  • Updated OpenLayers to v5.3.0 in generated HTML sample viewers
  • Switch to a darker background for File preview
  • Graphical interface improved for dark system themes
  • Fixed generated HTML viewers for TMS tiling scheme and Raster non-georeferenced images
  • Several other small improvements and bug fixes

New in MapTiler 10.0 (Dec 19, 2018)

  • Vector tiles rendering (in PBF format)
  • Fast upload of tiles to Azure Blob storage, next to Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage
  • New Amazon S3 regions with Version4 authorization (US East Ohio, Canada, Asia Pacific, China, EU)
  • Updated PROJ.4 and GDAL library (macOS, Windows)
  • New Linux distribution versions - Ubuntu 18.10, Fedora 29
  • Fixed issues with license activation on Linux and newer Windows
  • Dropped support of Windows XP
  • Several other small improvements and bug fixes

New in MapTiler 9.1 (Dec 19, 2018)

  • MapTiler Desktop with a new logo and color scheme

New in MapTiler 9.0 (Dec 19, 2018)

  • Color corrections with automatic correction based on the reference image
  • Updated HTML viewers for new OpenLayers 4 and Leaflet 1.0
  • ZYX tiling scheme output in the folder (used mostly by Japanese map providers)
  • RPM/DEB packages for new Linux distribution releases, for example: Debian 9 and Testing, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Fedora 28
  • Multiple MapTiler application can be used to preview different MBTiles
  • Several other small improvements and bug fixes
  • New custom tile grids for Advanced tiles:
  • S-JTSK/Krovak, used in Czechia, Slovakia
  • Yandex maps, used in Russia
  • NZGD2000, used in New Zealand
  • OSGB 1936 (Ordnance Survey) used in the United Kingdom
  • CH1903 used in Switzerland and Liechtenstein
  • Standard global tilegrid with a selected Coordinate system.

New in MapTiler 8.0 (May 3, 2018)

  • Export tiles in OGC GeoPackage
  • Autoscale 16 or 32 bit integer input bands into 8bit
  • Global projected cutline for more input files [Pro]
  • Pick a color from the source file for transparency
  • QuadKey tiling scheme output in the folder (known from Microsoft Bing maps)
  • Online preview of bounding box for the input file
  • Updated library for coordinate systems and projections (PROJ 4.9.2)
  • Remember Amazon S3 / Google Cloud Storage credentials in GUI

New in MapTiler 7.2 (Dec 2, 2016)

  • New GeoEditor mobile and tablet app
  • Offline tiles on mobile devices via Google Drive instead of Dropbox
  • Corners location for easier indoor / floor maps
  • Geodetic tiles preset under Custom tiles
  • Simple resume mode (continue rendering of stopped process) [Pro]
  • Baidu maps native tiles on the output supported
  • Selectable bands (reorder or ignore bands) and graphically CLI

New in MapTiler 7.1 (Nov 16, 2016)

  • Vector tile upload from MBTiles to S3 / Google Cloud Storage directly from MapTiler or cloudpush command-line utility
  • Preview MBTiles with vector or raster maps with a double-click on your desktop, even offline
  • Help menu contains now online tutorials, manual and link to support channels
  • Prevent deleting of unfinished tilesets (GUI dialog or -keep_unfinished argument) [Pro]
  • Several other small improvements and bug fixes

New in MapTiler 7.0 (Sep 7, 2016)

  • Auto-save of the georeference. When a file is reopened, previous georeference is loaded
  • Visual preview of overlay in the Georeferencer - before tile rendering!
  • Transformations available (scaled, similarity, affine, polynomial, TPS)
  • Map portal for your customers with one click, hosted on Amazon or Google cloud
  • Retina/HighDPI with variable scale on all profiles including raster
  • Background map added to MBTiles preview
  • Icons for easy upload to mobile and cloud hosting
  • Legend, including image, stored in metadata of generated MBTiles maps
  • HTTPS hosting on Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage
  • Now unavailable MapQuest maps were replaced with our own base maps

New in MapTiler 0.6.4 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • Merge 2 maps into 1 or update existing maps in MBTiles format [Pro]
  • Open maps in any coordinate system in GIS software thanks to WMTS (via metadata.json and http://wmts.maptiler.com/)
  • Upload to Amazon S3 / Google Cloud Storage with progress bar
  • Support of transparency in input files with color palette
  • Deep zoom in Google Maps without automatic tilt
  • Improved accuracy of location in GeoPDF
  • Option to ignore alpha channel in input files
  • Newly rendered MBTiles prepared for faster merging
  • Automatic deactivation on virtual machines with system variable
  • Bug fixes and GUI improvements

New in MapTiler 0.5.5 (Dec 18, 2014)

  • OGC WMTS support on Amazon S3 or TileServer-PHP
  • Settings dialog and license dialog
  • Improved MBTiles file output
  • Cutline specification in the visual georeferencing
  • Opening ArcGIS Web Mercator files (WKT)
  • Bug fixes and upgrade of the GUI

New in MapTiler 0.5.3 (Mar 4, 2014)

  • Improved Mac OS X 10.9 support (open file dialogs)
  • Support for maps crossing the international dateline (+ or - 180 degrees longitude)
  • Background colour of base maps selectable in user interface under Advanced options
  • Google Earth API web viewer generated for KML
  • Improved output to PNG8 (better defaults for colour quantisation)
  • Retina / HighDPI tiles supported [Pro]
  • Checking for updates is automated and installation of new versions simplified [Start for Windows/Linux]
  • Graphical User Interface for Linux operating system
  • Better handling of thousands of input files in graphical user interface [Pro]
  • Several bug fixes, improved stability

New in MapTiler 0.5.0 (Nov 25, 2013)

  • Amazon S3 cloud hosting of maps with one click.
  • OGC WMTS TileServer map hosting on any PHP webserver, compatible with ArcGIS, QGIS, UDig, etc.
  • Completely new user interface supporting Retina on Mac.
  • MBTiles viewer working even offline part of the app.
  • KML SuperOverlay improvements: custom zoom levels, resampling, ClampToSeaFloor.
  • Improved quality of the tiles and new rendering optimizations.
  • Bug fixes and various additional improvements (resampling method, georeference dialog, splash screen, repeated rendering, drag&drop).

New in MapTiler 0.4.2 (Aug 10, 2013)

  • Zoom levels settings in the MapTiler Start. Improved interface, bug fixes, enhanced MBTiles metadata.

New in MapTiler 0.4.1 (Jul 20, 2013)

  • Leaflet viewer, MBTiles metadata, and various bug fixes

New in MapTiler 0.4 (Jun 13, 2013)

  • MBTiles file format directly supported. Rendering progress bar improved.

New in MapTiler 0.3.2 (Jun 3, 2013)

  • Improvements of the user interface, drag&drop of the input files, coordinate system (SRS) as a separate dialog and several small bug fixes.

New in MapTiler 0.3.1 (Apr 13, 2013)

  • Optional TMS tile addressing to ensure back compatibility with older MapTiler and existing apps. ECW and MRSID formats loading fixed. Small UI improvements and additional bug fixes.