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Tile Server on Windows Pc

Developed By: Tech Maven Geospatial

License: Free

Rating: 5,0/5 - 1 votes

Last Updated: April 21, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 3.0.4
Size 171.3 MB
Release Date November 05, 24
Category Maps & Navigation Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (8)]

Description from Developer:
Serve Map Tiles (XYZ or WMTS) URL's to mapping clients/apps/software or to advanced map viewer.
From MBTILES or GPKG (GeoPackage) SQLite Databases/files that contain raster ti... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Tile Server and install on Windows PC. Tile Server is free Maps & Navigation app, developed by Tech Maven Geospatial. Latest version of Tile Server is 3.0.4, was released on 2024-11-05 (updated on 2024-04-21). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 50. Overall rating of Tile Server is 5,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Tile Server on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Tile Server on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Tile Server on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Tile Server using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Tile Server" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Tile Server on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Tile Server" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Serve Map Tiles (XYZ or WMTS) URL's to mapping clients/apps/software or to advanced map viewer.
From MBTILES or GPKG (GeoPackage) SQLite Databases/files that contain raster tiles, vector tiles, elevation/terrain tiles, other tile data in the tile_data blob.

Serve Static Geospatial Data (GIS) files like KML/KMZ, GeoJSON, CSV, GPX, CZML, SHP, 3DTiles, 3DModels (gltf/glb) and others. This is basically a file server that any file type including zip file has an endpoint and accessible for streaming or downloading across the network.

Discover-able Endpoints and webpages
WiFi turned on is required to run this app and have it get an IP Address from the network.
This is a local IP Address NOT internet accessible. So only users on your local network can access this data.

ipaddress:8080/discover - web page listing of all the tile layers and static files
ipaddress:8080/services - JSON response and access to tile.json for each layer
ipaddress:8080/map - advanced map viewer with quick access to tile layers and adding local Shapefiles, GPKG, GeoJSON, KML, GPX, CSV
ipaddress:8080/wmts - XML getcapabilities response

The app also features a tile details view of each tile service. That includes data from the metadata table and the URL's and TileJSON

The app can serve data to other apps or desktop/laptop GIS mapping software on the network. ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro can access it via OGC WMTS.

Other mapping clients or apps can use the Standard XYZ Tile Server URL (like : http://ipaddress:8080/getGPKGRasterTile/name/{z}/{x}/{y}.png or http://ipaddress:8080/getMBTilesRasterTile/name/{z}/{x}/{y}.png)


The Map is accessible on the same device (phone/tablet) or from any device/computer on the network. The Map supports digitizing/drawing, has OSM vector tile basemaps with a style picker, raster basemap selector, supports adding mapping service URL's like Raster Tiles, Vector Tiles, WMS and others.The map offers in-app dynamic vector tiling of loaded vector data for optimized handling of large data.
Digitize and Draw/Create data and perform Analysis. Tools like Measure distance and area, show coordinates in multiple formats.


The app is perfect for sharing data among devices so one device loads all the map tiles and nearby devices can stream it. This could be in response to a natural disaster or other event and a mobile command center is setup and this becomes the map server for sharing data.

Notes:
GeoPackage Raster Tiles should only be 3857 Spherical Web Mercator /Auxillary Web Sphere Spatial Reference System/Projection. Test at your own risk support for others.

MBTILES must have the required tiles table or view and metadata table and should follow 1.2 or 1.3 specification.
Encrypted SQLite Databases (SQLCipher or other approaches ) are NOT supported.

more information can be found at:
http://techmaven.net/portabletileserver

For Support Please visit
http://support.techmaven.net

Please visit the support site rather than leaving negative reviews. We would love to lend a hand and address any issues you have or take feature requests.

We've tested the tile server with both web and desktop mapping software (QGIS Desktop, Global Mapper, UDIG, ESRI ArcMap, ESRI ArcGIS Pro, GeoMedia, Autodesk AutoCAD Map, Manifold, MapInfo, Kongsberg Geospatial Mapping Engine(s), GRASS, and others.)
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.