Map Tiles (XYZ / Slippy Map)
Price before paymentExport map as a tile pyramid (PNG/JPEG) for web applications. Z/X/Y structure compatible with Leaflet, OpenLayers, Mapbox GL, and any tile server.
OpenStreetMap data as of 5 October 2026 · 23 days ago
Key Features
About Map Tiles Format
XYZ tiles (slippy map) are how almost all web maps are built: the image is cut into 256 × 256 pixel squares, and the address of a square is set by three numbers — zoom, column and row. The client loads only what falls into the window, so the map pans smoothly no matter how much data there is.
This export is taken when the map has to live on your own server: an offline application, a kiosk or a display board with no internet, an internal portal that external tile services are not allowed into. Unpack the archive into a web server directory and you have your own source, the one Leaflet, OpenLayers and MapLibre connect to.
The archive holds a z/x/y.png pyramid in the Web Mercator projection (EPSG:3857) and a metadata.json file with the set name, format, bounds and center. By default zooms 10 through 16 are rendered — from the whole city down to individual buildings; the tile format switches to JPEG if transparency is not needed and size matters more.
What Program Opens Map Tiles Files
The following programs and applications can open, edit, and work with Map Tiles (XYZ / Slippy Map) (.zip) files exported from OSM2CDR:
Format specifications
- Open standard
- 2D only
- Lossless (no quality loss)
- No attributes
- Output: 256 files in archive
- ZIP archive of XYZ tile pyramid (z/x/y.png). Slippy-map convention. Drop on any web server for OpenLayers/Leaflet.
Who Uses Map Tiles Maps
How to Export Map Tiles
How to Open After Export
- Any web server — unpack the archive into the site directory, and the path to the tiles comes out like /tiles/{z}/{x}/{y}.png.
- Leaflet — L.tileLayer('tiles/{z}/{x}/{y}.png', {minZoom: 10, maxZoom: 16}).addTo(map); take the bounds from metadata.json.
- OpenLayers and MapLibre — an XYZ source with the same template; in MapLibre that is a raster source with a tiles field and a tile size of 256.
- Offline and mobile applications — the directory goes into the build resources; if one file is more convenient than thousands of pictures, take MBTiles or PMTiles.
- Checking — open any file like 12/2476/1284.png by hand: if the picture is there, the set is laid out correctly.
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