TILESTACHE-COMPOSE(1)

💖 TILESTACHE-COMPOSE 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for tilestache-compose from the General Commands Manual — it's the little command that sets your map coverage area and honestly? she's iconic. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

tilestache-compose — set a map coverage area

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

tilestache-compose [options] file...

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This manual page documents briefly the tilestache-compose command. Brief but thorough, like a good group chat recap. 🫶

There are three ways to set a map coverage area, and you're gonna pick your fave based on the vibe you want:

1. Center, zoom, and dimensions — create a map of the specified size, centered on a given geographical point at a given zoom level:

tilestache-compose.py -c config.json -l layer-name -d 800 800 -n 37.8 -122.3 -z 11 out.jpg

2. Extent and dimensions — create a map of the specified size that adequately covers the given geographical extent:

tilestache-compose.py -c config.json -l layer-name -d 800 800 -e 36.9 -123.5 38.9 -121.2 out.png

3. Extent and zoom — create a map at the given zoom level that covers the precise geographical extent, at whatever pixel size is necessary:

tilestache-compose.py -c config.json -l layer-name -e 36.9 -123.5 38.9 -121.2 -z 9 out.jpg

three routes, all valid, no wrong answers, periodt. 🌈

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -c, --config file — Path to configuration file. literally the blueprint bestie, don't skip her.
• -l, --layer layer — Layer name from configuration. tell her which one you want. 👑
• -n, --center lat lon — Geographic center of map. the main character point. 🗺️
• -e, --extent lat lon lat lon — Geographic extent of map. four numbers, one big rectangle vibe.
• -z, --zoom level — Zoom level. how far in we're going. 🔍
• -d, --dimensions width height — Pixel width, height of output image. size matters, ngl.
• -v, --verbose — Make a bunch of noise. she will NOT be quiet and that's the point. 😭
• -i, --include-paths paths — Add the following colon-separated list of paths to Python's include path (aka sys.path). expanding her social circle, fr fr.
• -x, --ignore-cached — Re-render every tile, whether it is in the cache already or not. starting fresh, no leftovers, we love a clean slate. ✨
• -h, --help — Show summary of options. when you're lost in the group chat and need a recap. 🫶

ngl bestie, -x means every single tile gets redrawn — even the ones already chillin' in the cache. so it's thorough, but it's doing the most. use her with intention. 💀

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

TileStache was written by Michal Migurski <mike@stamen.com>. 🧚

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and that's the whole page, no notes, ate and left no crumbs. this beauty comes to you from Nov 10, 2010 — yeah she's a little vintage but she's still serving — courtesy of TILESTACHE-COMPOSE(1). bye bestie, go compose something gorgeous! 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅