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    Dataset upload – formats and limits

    This page lists supported file formats that you can upload to your MapTiler account for hosting and further use. Some formats require processing (tiling) at upload, depending on their type:

    • Raster files – files like drone photos, old maps, or charts. Georeferenced files are automatically processed into a raster tileset, ready for map use. If your image isn’t georeferenced, you can do it in our Georeferencer.
    • Vector files – geographical vector data from surveys, GPS logs, and government data. You can import your file as-is and further edit it in our Vector Data Editor, or you can process it into a vector tileset.
    • Tilesets – containers of map tiles generated by another tool. Read-only, no editing. We recommend using clean tilesets produced by MapTiler Engine.

    Supported formats for tiling

    Format Type Max file size limit
    GeoTIFF raster file 1 GB
    TIFF raster file 1 GB
    ECW raster file 1 GB
    MrSID raster file 1 GB
    GeoJPEG2000 raster file 1 GB
    JPEG raster file 1 GB
    GeoPDF raster file 1 GB
    PDF raster file 1 GB
    PNG raster file 1 GB
    WebP raster file 1 GB
    GeoPackage vector file 1 GB
    GeoJSON vector file 1 GB
    GPX vector file 1 GB
    KML vector file 1 GB
    SHP zipped vector file 1 GB

    Supported editable vector features formats

    Format Type Max file size limit
    GeoJSON vector features 10 MB or 10 000 features
    GPX vector features 10 MB or 10 000 features
    KML vector features 10 MB or 10 000 features
    SHP (zipped) vector features 10 MB or 10 000 features

    Supported tileset containers

    Format Type Max file size limit
    GeoPackage container (SQLite file) 100 GB
    MBTiles container (SQLite file) 100 GB

    Supported tileset containers content

    Format Type
    PNG raster tiles
    JPG raster tiles
    WebP raster tiles
    MVT vector tiles

    Other

    Format Type
    PLY Gaussian splats

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