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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Maps |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Headquarters | , Switzerland |
Key people | Petr Pridal (CEO) |
| Website | maptiler |
MapTiler is a Swiss provider of custom online maps for websites and applications. [1] [2]
MapTiler was one of the companies pioneering map tile implementation [3] . It started as an open source software product in 2008 used by libraries to turn digitised paper maps into tiled web maps. [4] MapTiler converts data into tiles that can be used as a slippy map on a website. [5] A set of tiles is created for each zoom level along with an XML file. [6]
By 2018, MapTiler had become a maps API with the capability of providing ad-free personalised maps in both online and offline environments. [7] These developments along with the inclusion of satellite imagery from Sentinel-2 and Airbus led to them being winners of the Airbus Multi-Data Challenge organised as part of the Copernicus Masters 2018. [8]
The maps provided by MapTiler are created using open data sources, such as OpenStreetMap [9] and ESA [10] , and from purchased proprietary data sources, such as Maxar Technologies. [11]
The original MapTiler software for turning raster images and vector geographical data into map tiles for interactive maps became MapTiler Desktop [12]
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