How to download large datasets using wget GUI tool

This article will walk you through the process of downloading large datasets, without the need of using the command line. The process is made possible by using wget with GUI provided by the AWGG tool.

Installation of the wget tool

Windows

Download and install AVGG.

Mac OS / Linux

In order to run Windows programs, you will need Wine. Recent versions of Mac OS allow running 64-bit programs only, to successfully install Wine on Mac OS, follow the steps described here. After Wine is installed, either click on the awgg-0.5.0-win32.exe or run wine awgg-0.5.0-win32.exe from the terminal.

Usage

Open the AVGG tool and click on the + icon. The window with the download settings should open up.

In the next step, we are going to copy the URL for the required resource from MapTiler Data.

After filling in the URL and a parameter -c for resumable downloads, the download window should look similar to this.

Now you can start the download and go make yourself a coffee in the meantime.

Conclusion

Downloading resources from MapTiler Data can take some time, and if you are worried about accidentally closing the web browser and don’t want to use wget directly in the terminal, there are some GUI options available. The AVGG tool can also accomplish more than downloading using a web browser like setting bandwidth limits, queues, and scheduling.

Visual wget