How to upload a tileset to MapTiler Cloud

In this article, you will learn how to upload your tilesets to the MapTiler Cloud via MapTiler Engine, which is the base for further cloud hosting.

If you don’t have MapTiler Engine yet, you can download it here.

Upload options

Uploading via MapTiler Engine is very simple. If you already have your data prepared, you can upload them using a dedicated application workflow (described in this article). If you haven’t processed them yet, you can upload them as a part of raster or vector processing.

Select the workflow

Open the application and choose the “Upload to cloud” workflow.

Add your tileset

Add the tileset you’d like to upload by either dragging \& dropping or clicking the “Add” button. At this time, the utility supports adding and uploading one tileset at a time. Proceed by clicking the “Continue” button.

Choose the cloud type

In this step, the cloud selection is performed. For purposes of this article, we’ll upload to MapTiler Cloud. Uploading to other cloud services is described here. Then click “Continue”.

Edit (or keep) the tileset title

Here, you can edit the title, that will be used to name your uploaded tileset (e.g. if you already know, that you need to distinguish it from some other tilesets on the Cloud side). The default title is the actual filename. You can also see the account to which your tiles will be uploaded. Click “Continue”.

You’re done!

Wait for uploading to finish …and you’re done! Here in the complete page, you’ll see the preview of your tileset again. From here, you can navigate directly to the MapTiler Cloud administration by clicking “Open in Cloud.”

Useful links

MapTiler Cloud
Folder vs. MBTiles vs. GeoPackage
MapTiler Cloud plans
MapTiler Engine workflows