TileStream

A high performance tile server and simple web viewer for MBTiles files.

Features

• MBTiles-based tile server
• Minimal gallery view and OpenLayers based viewer of tiles
• Support for MBTiles interaction using Wax

Requirements

• TileStream client
  • Tested: Chrome 6+, Firefox 3+, IE8+
  • May work: Opera 11
• TileStream server
  • Tested: Mac OS X 10.6, Ubuntu 10.10
  • At least 613MB memory
  • May work: Older versions, other POSIX-compliant systems
  • The prerequisites for node (python, libssl-dev)

Installation: Mac OS X 10.6

Install Xcode for Mac OS X.

Download and unpack TileStream. Build & install:

cd tilestream
./ndistro

Start TileStream:

./tilestream

TileStream should now be accessible from a browser at http://localhost:9000.

Installation: Ubuntu 10.10

Install build requirements:

sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev

Download and unpack TileStream. Build & install:

cd tilesteram
./ndistro

Start TileStream:

./tilestream

TileStream should now be accessible from a browser at http://localhost:9000.

Configuration

Optional. Edit settings.js to change server settings including port, tiles directory, and default baselayer.

Usage

MBTiles files should be placed in the tilestream/tiles directory. Each tileset can be previewed at http://localhost:9000/tileset/[filename] where [filename] is the name of the tileset file without the .mbtiles extension.

Contributors

• Young Hahn
• Tom MacWright
• Will White
• Konstantin Käfer
• Dane Springmeyer