TileMill

TileMill is a modern map design studio powered by open source technology.

Features

• Access datasources on the local filesystem or through Amazon S3
• Manage map layers with file-based datasources (shapefiles, rasters)
• Edit carto stylesheets directly in the browser
• Edit carto stylesheets with a custom editor like vim in Minimal mode
• Preview map tiles instantly while editing stylesheets
• Inspect datasource field values and data types
• Export maps to PNG, PDF and MBTiles formats

Requirements

• TileMill client
  • Tested: Chrome 6+, Firefox 3+, IE8+
  • May work: Opera 11
• TileMill server
  • Tested: Mac OS X 10.6, Ubuntu 10.10
  • At least 2GB memory
  • May work: Older versions, other POSIX-compliant systems

Installation: Mac OS X 10.6

Install Xcode for Mac OS X:

• Xcode

Install Mapnik 2.0 from OS X package:

• mapnik 2.0

Install TileMill:

cd TileMill
./ndistro

Start TileMill:

./tilemill.js

TileMill should now be accessible from a browser at http://localhost:8889.

Installation: Ubuntu 10.10

Install build requirements:

# Mapnik dependencies
sudo apt-get install -y g++ cpp \
libboost-filesystem1.42-dev \
libboost-iostreams1.42-dev libboost-program-options1.42-dev \
libboost-python1.42-dev libboost-regex1.42-dev \
libboost-system1.42-dev libboost-thread1.42-dev \
python-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev \
libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev \
libjpeg62 libjpeg62-dev \
libltdl7 libltdl-dev \
libpng12-0 libpng12-dev \
libgeotiff-dev libtiff4 libtiff4-dev libtiffxx0c2 \
libcairo2 libcairo2-dev python-cairo python-cairo-dev \
libcairomm-1.0-1 libcairomm-1.0-dev \
ttf-unifont ttf-dejavu ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra \
subversion build-essential python-nose

# Mapnik plugin dependencies
sudo apt-get install libgdal1-dev python-gdal \
postgresql-8.4 postgresql-server-dev-8.4 postgresql-contrib-8.4 postgresql-8.4-postgis \
libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev

# TileMill dependencies
sudo apt-get install libzip1 libzip-dev

Install mapnik from source:

svn checkout http://svn.mapnik.org/trunk mapnik
cd mapnik
python scons/scons.py configure
python scons/scons.py
sudo python scons/scons.py install
sudo ldconfig

Install TileMill:

cd TileMill
./ndistro

Start TileMill:

./tilemill.js

TileMill should now be accessible from a browser at http://localhost:8889.

Configuration

Optional. Edit settings.js to change server settings including port, files directories, and enabled asset providers.

Contributors

• Dmitri Gaskin
• Young Hahn
• Tom MacWright
• Will White
• Tristen Brown
• AJ Ashton
• Konstantin Käfer
• Dane Springmeyer