In this tutorial, we'll use the MapTiler Cloud service as it's probably the most straightforward way. You can easily upload the tiles to MapTiler Cloud or any S3-compatible storage service directly from the MapTiler Engine application. The next step of the process is to put the created map online. When it finishes, you'll see the preview of the generated map. The default values suggested by MapTiler Engine should give satisfying results, but you can change them if you need to.Ĭlick the "Render" button to start the rendering process. If you're not sure which one to choose, please refer to this documentation article.Ĭlicking the "Continue" button will take you to the page, where you can change the settings like the zoom levels or the tile format. Next, proceed click the "Export" button and choose the output format for your map. To cover the whole world, choose the "Bounding box" option from the "Geolocation" menu and input the values: -180 -90 180 90. Then, set the correct geolocation for your image. Most probably, you'll want to use the WGS84 coordinate system, which can be chosen directly from the drop-down menu. If that happens, choose the coordinate system from the "Coordinates" menu. However, if your source data do not contain the geolocation information, you'll see the "No coordinates" or "No geolocation" values in the menu located in the right-hand side of the window. If that's the case, you can proceed by clicking the "Export" button. In most cases, the file should contain the geolocation metadata that MapTiler Engine will automatically parse. In this tutorial, we'll use the "Cassini Terrestrial and Celestial Globes 1790 - 1792" dataset from David Ramsey's website.įirst, open MapTiler Engine and simply drag and drop the image into the application window. The image needs to have a 2:1 aspect ratio to account for 360 degrees of longitude and 180 degrees of latitude in total. The easiest way to create an online 3D globe from an image is to prepare the texture of the whole world.
Globe 3d online how to#
This article will show you how to create a 3D online globe using MapTiler Engine.
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