Creating a Tile Request File with WMTS Tile Generator
Description
This process generates tiles using a request file.
Parameters
To generate tiles, use the following options:
| Parameter | Required | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| -url=<url> | yes | The URL to the WMTS service or proxy when configured with WMTS as an origin server.
Note: When using a third-party cache tool, specify the third-party URL instead of the Spectrum WMTS service URL. Refer to the third-party help for details.
|
url=http://<server>:<port>/ rest/Spatial/WMTS |
| -format=<format> | yes | Tile format type (gif, jpeg, jpg, mvt, png).
Note: The -format type replaces the deprecated -image type.
|
format=png |
| -layer=<layer> | yes | Layer identifier used to create tiles. You can find this name from the WMTS capabilities in Spatial Manager. For example <Rows:Identifier>World_WMTS_Layer_ID1</Rows:Identifier>. |
layer=World_WMTS_Layer_ID1 |
| -matrixSet=<matrixSet> | yes | Tile matrix set to generate tiles for. You can find this name from the WMTS capabilities in Spatial Manager. For example, <TileMatrixSet>WorldWebMercatorQuad_0_to_19</TileMatrixSet>. |
matrixSet=WorldWebMercatorQuad_0_to_19 |
| -mbr=<mbr> | no | Minimum Bounding Rectangle (MBR) to use to generate tiles. Four values represent the lower left and upper right corners of a bounding rectangle in the coordinate system of the named tile. Defaults to the Tile bounds. See also Minimum Bounding Rectangle (-mbr). | mbr="-8275553, 4932706, -8188786, 5003330" |
| -threads=<threads> | no | Number of threads to use to generate the tiles. To maximize throughput, set to the number of CPUs for the machine. | threads=4 |
| -matrixIds=<matrixIds> | no | Tile matrices to generate tiles for. This is a comma-separated list (such as 1,2,6) or a value range (such as 1-10). When not specified, then generates tiles for all supported tile matrices. See also Tile Matrices (-matrixIDs). | matrixIds="2,5-8" |
| -fileOutput=<fileOutput> | yes | Path and name of the file to save generated requests to. This parameter ignores the dirOutput parameter. | fileOutput=D:\ tile-requests\request1-14.txt |
| -username=<username> | yes | Spectrum user accessing the repository. Either an administrator (any user with the Spectrum admin role) or a user with Spatial access permission to the named tile and its dependent resources. | username=admin |
| -password=<password> | yes | Password for the Spectrum user. | password=admin |
| -cache=<cache> | no | Use when working with a third-party cache tool that requires a cache header. See also Tile Caching (-cache). | cache=false |
Example
This request calculates the matrixIDs, column, and role for each tile and saves them to a requests text (.txt) file. It does this only for matrixIDs 2 and 5 to 8 skipping IDs 1, 3, and 4.
tile_builder.bat -url=http://<server>:<port>/rest/Spatial/WMTS -format=png -layer= USA_WMTS_Layer_ID1 -matrixSet=WorldWebMercatorQuad_0_to_19 -mbr="-8275553,4932706,-8188786, 5003330" -threads=4 -matrixIDs="2,5-8" -fileOutput=requests.txt -username=admin -password=admin