View PMTiles files in your browser
A whole tiled map in one file, made to be served from plain storage. Open a PMTiles right here and look around the map it holds. The file never leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your archive opens as the map it holds, drawn from its own tiles at every zoom they cover.
- Its own tiles • Vector or pictures
- Over OpenStreetMap or on their own
- From its first zoom to its last
- Export • The view as PNG
About PMTiles
Brandon Liu of Protomaps created PMTiles in 2021 so a whole map's tiles could sit in one file on any storage and be read a piece at a time. Version 3 came in 2022, and tippecanoe, Planetiler and GDAL write it.
A PMTiles holds a header with its bounds and zooms, directories that find each tile along a Hilbert curve, metadata naming its layers, and the tiles themselves: vector tiles, or pictures as PNG, JPEG or WebP.
Filepeek reads the tiles from the file in your browser as the map asks for them, and draws them at every zoom they cover, over OpenStreetMap or on their own. Show details gives its kind, zooms and layers, and Export saves the view as PNG.
PMTiles archive
.pmtiles
Format
- MIME type
- application/vnd.pmtiles
- Made by
- Protomaps
- Released
- 2021
Inside the file
- Holds
- A map's tiles
- Tiles
- Vector, PNG, JPEG or WebP
- Found by
- Directories along a Hilbert curve
- Version
- 3
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens PMTiles archives in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. On their own, browsers download them.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open PMTiles
- WindowsQGIS • Protomaps' viewer on the web
- MacQGIS • Protomaps' viewer on the web
- iPhone and iPadNo app opens it
- AndroidNo app opens it
Questions
How do I open a PMTiles file?
Drop it on this page or choose Peek a PMTiles. The map it holds opens at once, framed to its bounds.
Does it open PMTiles version 2?
No. Filepeek reads version 3, which tippecanoe, Planetiler and GDAL have written since 2022. The pmtiles tool converts older ones.
How are vector tiles colored?
A vector archive holds data and no style, so Filepeek draws its layers in colors of its own. Picture tiles show as they are.
Can I see the map without OpenStreetMap under it?
Yes. Open the Map menu and choose Only the archive.