Using Offline Maps

If Map Source property of a Map widget component is set to Offline Map, the map component tries to load map tiles from your specified folder. Map tiles location is specified by Offline Map Storage Folder property.

Before using offline maps, you should design them by employing Maperitive or MapTiler. The following provides instructions on how to use offline maps via the freeware Maperitive application.

  • When you start Maperitive, it shows the OSM web map. Maperitive map styles (a.k.a. rendering rules) work on vector data, like OSM and GPX files. So you first need to load a vector file into Maperitive to see the actual rules in action. You can use the File > Open Map Sources menu command to open one or more map sources (or simply drag and drop the files into Maperitive). You can also use the Map > Edit Rendering Rules menu command to edit the map style rendering rules in a text editor. Refer to the Maperitive documentation for more details.
  • After you've done designing your map, save it by using the Tools > Generate Tiles menu command.
  • When your map generating is finished, you can find your map inside Maperitive root directory> Tiles folder. Additionally, you can specify the same folder as the Offline Map Storage Folder of your Map component and launch an offline map.

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