r.tileset(1)

NAME
r.tileset - Produces tilings of the source projection for use in the destination region and projection.

KEYWORDS
raster, tiling

SYNOPSIS
r.tileset
r.tileset --help
r.tileset [-gw] [region=string] sourceproj=string [sourcescale=string] [destproj=string] [destscale=string] [maxcols=integer] [maxrows=integer] [overlap=integer] [separator=character] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

  Flags:

-g
    Produces shell script output

-w
    Produces web map server query string output

--help
    Print usage summary

--verbose
    Verbose module output

--quiet
    Quiet module output

--ui
    Force launching GUI dialog

  Parameters:

region=string
    Name of region to use instead of current region for bounds and resolution

sourceproj=string [required]
    Source projection

sourcescale=string
    Conversion factor from units to meters in source projection
    Default: 1

destproj=string
    Destination projection, defaults to this location’s projection

destscale=string
    Conversion factor from units to meters in source projection

maxcols=integer
    Maximum number of columns for a tile in the source projection
    Default: 1024

maxrows=integer
    Maximum number of rows for a tile in the source projection
    Default: 1024

overlap=integer
    Number of cells tiles should overlap in each direction
    Default: 0

separator=character
    Field separator
    Output field separator
    Default: pipe

DESCRIPTION
r.tileset generates sets of tiles in another projection that cover a region in this projection with adequate resolution. By default the current region and its resolution are used, the bounds and resolution of another region can be used via the region option.

NOTES
r.tileset does not make "optimal" tilings (as few tiles of the largest size less than the maximums). This means that from latitude longitude projection to an appropriate projection for a region, in the degenerate case, it may create tiles demanding up to twice the necessary information. Furthermore, generating a tiling near a divergant point of a source projection, such as the poles of a cylindrical source projections, results in divergence of the tile set.

Not generating "optimal" tilings may have another consequence; the aspect ratio of cells in the destination region will not necessarily carry over to the source region and generated tiles may have cells of strange aspect ratios. This might be a problem for some map request services presenting data in an inappropriate projection or with strict constraints on cell aspect ratio.

OUTPUT FORMAT
Each tile is listed on a separate line in the output. The lines are formatted as follows:

5|125|45|175|80|100

This is the default output format. It is the tile’s minimum x coordinate, minimum y coordinate, maximum x coordinate, maximum y coordinate, width in cells, and height in cells separated by the "|" character. The fields can be separated by a different character by changing the fs option.

w=5;s=125;e=45;n=175;cols=80;rows=100;

This is output in a format convenient for setting variables in a shell script.

bbox=5,125,45,175&width=80&height=100

This is output in a format convenient for requesting data from some http services.

EXAMPLES
Generates tiles in latitude longitude that cover the current region, each tile will be less than 1024 cells high and 2048 cells across. The bounds and sizes of tiles in the output are separated by | (pipe):

r.tileset sourceproj=+init=epsg:4326 maxrows=1024 maxcols=2048

Generates tiles in latitude longitude projection that cover the named region "ne-rio". The tiles will have 2 cells of overlap. The output format will be strings like the bbox requests for WMS servers:

r.tileset sourceproj=+init=epsg:4326 overlap=2 -w region=ne-rio

Generates tiles in the coordinate reference system of the project "IrishGrid". Each tile will be less than 300x400 cells in size, with 3 cells of overlap in the top and right sides of each tile. The output is in a format where each line is in shell script style. The substitution `g.proj -j project=IrishGrid` will only work in a unix style shell:

r.tileset sourceproj="`g.proj -j project=IrishGrid`" maxrows=400 maxcols=300 overlap=3 -g

KNOWN ISSUES

    •   r.tileset does not know about meridians that "wrap-around" in projections.

AUTHORS
Cedric Shock
Updated for GRASS 7 by Martin Landa, CTU in Prague, Czech Republic

SOURCE CODE

Available at: r.tileset source code (history)

Accessed: Monday May 11 17:55:44 2026

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