Mobile Atlas Creator, usually known as MOBAC, builds offline atlases from map tiles and other supported map sources. It is useful when a navigation application or GPS device needs map data in advance, particularly for travelling in areas where a network connection is unavailable, unreliable or expensive.
The user selects geographical areas, map sources and zoom levels and combines them into an atlas. MOBAC then downloads the required map material and packages it in a format suitable for the chosen application or device. Atlas profiles can be saved and reused when the same map collection needs to be rebuilt later.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Downloads map tiles from supported online sources and stores them for offline use.
- Creates atlases for a variety of navigation applications and GPS devices.
- Supports custom XML map sources for services not included by default.
- Can work with WMS sources and locally available Mapsforge maps.
- Atlas projects may contain multiple layers, map sources and zoom levels.
- Saved atlas profiles make complex collections easy to rebuild or modify.
- Supports common output formats used by applications such as OsmAnd, OruxMaps, Garmin tools, TwoNav and OziExplorer.
- Can produce map tiles in several image formats and colour depths, including transparency where supported.
- Uses a local tile cache to avoid repeatedly downloading unchanged map data.
- Downloads map tiles concurrently to improve performance when building large atlases.
- Supports MBTiles-based workflows and map sources using different tile dimensions.
- Includes proxy support for network environments that require an HTTP proxy.
Website: mobac.sourceforge.io
Support:
Developer: r_x and contributors
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
MOBAC is written in Java. Learn Java with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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