TileCloud Chain is a comprehensive toolset for managing tile generation workflows. It supports various source and destination formats, making it a versatile solution for map tile management.

• Web Map Service (WMS)
• Mapnik rendering engine

• Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) layout
• Amazon S3 storage
• Azure Blob storage
• Local filesystem

• Tile generation with configurable parameters
• Automatic removal of empty tiles
• Geographic filtering (bbox and geometry-based)
• MetaTile support for efficient generation
• Legend image generation
• GetCapabilities document
• OpenLayers demo page
• Empty tile detection via hashing
• Cache synchronization
• Post-processing capabilities

Note: The following features are maintained for backward compatibility:

• Berkeley DB integration
• SQLite (MBTiles) support
• Mapnik rendering (Python 3 update pending)

The admin interface with PostgreSQL queue integration:

Create a configuration file at tilegeneration/config.yaml.

Reference the example configuration.

Only the latest release receives active support. Versions prior to 1.11 contain security vulnerabilities and should not be used.

make build

make prospector

make tests

• Usage Guide
• Configuration Reference

Set up pre-commit hooks:

pip install pre-commit
pre-commit install --allow-missing-config