---
name: "tilestache-compose"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tilestache"
version: "1.51.5-4"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tilestache-compose"
---

# tilestache-compose(1)

set a map coverage area

## NAME

tilestache-compose - set a map coverage area

## SYNOPSIS

**tilestache-compose** \[*options*\] *file*...

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **tilestache-compose** command.

There are three ways to set a map coverage area.

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

## OPTIONS

- **-c**, **--config** *file*

  Path to configuration file.

- **-l**, **--layer** *layer*

  Layer name from configuration.

- **-n**, **--center** *lat lon*

  Geographic center of map.

- **-e**, **--extent** *lat lon lat lon*

  Geographic extent of map.

- **-z**, **--zoom** *level*

  Zoom level.

- **-d**, **--dimensions** *width height*

  Pixel width, height of output image.

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Make a bunch of noise.

- **-i**, **--include-paths** *paths*

  Add the following colon-separated list of paths to Python's include path (aka sys.path)

- **-x**, **--ignore-cached**

  Re-render every tile, whether it is in the cache already or not.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show summary of options.

## AUTHOR

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