The python scripts in this project are created to download the German ICAO 1:500.000 chart available from DFS AIS and convert it to a .mbtiles database that can be imported to navigation software e.g. Enroute.

How To:

1. Create virtual environment for Python

   python3 -m venv .venv
   

2. Activate virtual environment

   source .venv/bin/activate
   

3. Install requirements

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Configure the downloader (zoomlevel; output directory) The downloader has a few configuration settings at the top. Default gets 3-11 and stores to './tiles'.

5. Run downloader (May take some time depending on connection and zoom level) The downloader asks if a stiched .png of all tiles should be generated. This can be used to check if all tiles were downloaded. If a tile was not downloaded correctly, the complete .png will show a red square (borders can be ignored).

   python3 tile_downloader.py
   

6. Run converter

   python3 convert_to_mbtiles.py