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title: "How to download large datasets using Wget | Guides | Self hosting | Self hosted maps"
description: "Download large datasets using the Wget GUI tool AWGG."
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# How to download large datasets using wget GUI tool

This page 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 [AWGG](https://sourceforge.net/projects/awgg/files/).

### Mac OS / Linux

In order to run Windows programs, you will need [Wine](https://www.winehq.org/). Recent versions of Mac OS allow running 64-bit programs only, to successfully install Wine on Mac OS, follow the steps described [here](https://github.com/Gcenx/homebrew-wine). 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 AWGG tool and click on the **+** icon. The window with the download settings should open up.

![](./file_834909c31c.webp)

In the next step, we are going to copy the URL for the required resource from [MapTiler data](https://data.maptiler.com).

![](./file_287d07696e.webp)

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

![](./file_1e2172aa1a.webp)

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

## Conclusion

Downloading resources from [MapTiler data](https://data.maptiler.com) 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 AWGG tool can also accomplish more than downloading using a web browser like setting bandwidth limits, queues, and scheduling.

## Useful links

[Visual wget](https://sourceforge.net/projects/visualwget/)