Terrain Tiling

GISBox supports automatic tiling and publishing in formats such as GEOTIFF. Next, we will introduce the steps for setting up “terrain tiling”.

1. Create a new tiling task

Open GISBox and click the “New” button in the upper right corner to create a tiling task.

Switch to “Terrain Tiling”, as shown below:

2. Basic Settings

2.1 Add File

Click the “+ Add File” button above to add our local files, as shown below:

Add the local files we need to convert, as shown below:

2.2 Export Settings

Click the folder icon on the right to set the path for file export. There is no special requirement for the export path, which is usually saved in a folder, as shown in the following figure:

It is best to leave the save path empty, otherwise a prompt will pop up, as shown below:

3. Publish Settings

When the imagery tile is successfully created, it can be published as a service at the same time, as shown in the following figure:

3.1 Publishe as service

When the “Publish as a service at the same time” setting is checked, the imagety tiles will be automatically distributed after they are successfully tiled (the corresponding service address will be generated), as shown in the figure below:

3.2 Not publishe as services at the same time

When the “Publish as a service at the same time” setting is not checked, the imagery tiles will not be automatically distributed after they are successfully tiled and need to be added manually, as shown in the following figure:

4. Edit File

4.1 View File

After the tiling task is completed, click the “Folder” button on the right to view the converted file, as shown in the following figure:

4.2 Delete File

Click the “Delete” button on the right to delete the converted file, as shown in the figure below: