[Qgis-user] Offline background map for large regions

[abru345 at gmx.de]

Hi Hannes,

your approach seemed to be the easiest one, so I gave it a try first!

I installed QGIS 3.26 via flatpak (unfortunately it is a little unstable
this way, but I'll try different options) and then the Vector Tiles
Reader. Loads the maps in seconds and works like a charm together with
the maps from maptiler.com!!

Thank you all a lot - finally it was so easy. Going to set up a nice
style next.

Cheers!

Andreas




Am 11.07.22 um 16:31 schrieb Johannes Kröger (WhereGroup):
> For your use case I would definitely recommend a vector tile solution as
> you would have to store a LOT of tiles for a high-zoom raster tile store.
>
> Upgrade your QGIS to something from this decade, maybe via Anaconda if
> using the official repos does not work. This is crucial for vector
> tiles! Then use the Vector Tiles Reader plugin to load a vector tile
> mbtile file (and style) or try drag and drop again, which should work in
> milliseconds for an unstyled display. Openmaptiles files should work
> fine if you don't want to build your own (try planetiler if you do).
>
> Tangential: When you say "importing" shapefiles from geofabrik.de, what
> do you mean? Loading them in QGIS for a small area definitely should not
> take minutes but seconds unless your system is struggling by itself
> already :o)
>
> If Germany is your main focus, you could also download the mapproxy
> caches from
> https://gdz.bkg.bund.de/index.php/default/wmts-topplusopen-wmts-topplus-open.html
> (warning, they are named .mbtile but are NOT ready-to-go files in the
> MBTiles standard) and run a local mapproxy. The Webmercator/EPSG:3857
> mbtile files can be used in QGIS if you rename them to .mbtiles.
>
> Cheers, Hannes