Generate XYZ Tiles with Python not working

Question

I am currently trying to generate XYZ Tiles with Python from a .tif file. I tried using the QGIS GUI and after some time the tiles were generating correctly. After that I saw on another link, that I could see the processing command in the Processing History in the GUI. My folder output in the GUI is the following:

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The corresponding history command in the GUI is:

processing.run("qgis:tilesxyzdirectory", {'EXTENT':'-443.962200000,456.037800000,-4759.144700000,-3659.144700000 []','ZOOM_MIN':11,'ZOOM_MAX':11,'DPI':96,'BACKGROUND_COLOR':QColor(0, 0, 0, 0),'TILE_FORMAT':0,'QUALITY':75,'METATILESIZE':4,'TILE_WIDTH':256,'TILE_HEIGHT':256,'TMS_CONVENTION':False,'OUTPUT_DIRECTORY':'C:\\Users\\xxx\\Documents\\FP\\QGIS EPSG','OUTPUT_HTML':'TEMPORARY_OUTPUT'})

After that I tried to reproduce the same output in python. The code itself runs without errors but the folder structure is complete different and it contains many negative Y folder and the code itself doesnt really stop. The folder output generated from the python script is the following:

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My python script for the tiles is:

import requests
import numpy as np
import wradlib as wrl
import sys
import matplotlib.pyplot as pl
import os
from qgis.core import *
QgsApplication.setPrefixPath('C:\\OSGeo4W\\apps\\qgis\\', True)
qgs = QgsApplication([], False)
qgs.initQgis()
import processing
from processing.core.Processing import Processing
Processing.initialize()
path_to_tif = "geotiff30101055.tiff"
rlayer = QgsRasterLayer(path_to_tif, "Standard raster layer")
QgsProject.instance().addMapLayer(rlayer, False)
processing.run("qgis:tilesxyzdirectory", {
 'EXTENT': '-443.962200000,456.037800000,-4759.144700000,-3659.144700000 []',
 'ZOOM_MIN': 11, 'ZOOM_MAX': 11, 'DPI': 100,
 'TILE_FORMAT': 0,
 'QUALITY': 75,
 'METATILESIZE': 4,
 'TILE_WIDTH': 256,
 'TILE_HEIGHT': 256,
 'TMS_CONVENTION': False,
 'OUTPUT_DIRECTORY': 'C:\\Users\\xxx\\Documents\\FP\\First', 'OUTPUT_HTML': 'TEMPORARY_OUTPUT'
})

Answer 1

In the GUI you did not define a tiling scheme (CRS) and in your script you defined a projection.

I tried the same and what happens is the algorithm assumes that without a defined tiling scheme that your coordinates are referring to EPSG:3857 (WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator (web mercator)).

If you want to publish your tiles somewhere public you may want to set your project to EPSG:3857 and select the extent with the GUI first to make sure you have the correct location.

processing.run("qgis:tilesxyzdirectory", 
{'EXTENT':'-443.962200000,456.037800000,
-4759.144700000,-3659.144700000 []', # No Defined tiling scheme or CRS
'ZOOM_MIN':11,
'ZOOM_MAX':11,
'DPI':96,
'BACKGROUND_COLOR':QColor(0, 0, 0, 0),
'TILE_FORMAT':0,
'QUALITY':75,
'METATILESIZE':4,
'TILE_WIDTH':256,
'TILE_HEIGHT':256,
'TMS_CONVENTION':False,
'OUTPUT_DIRECTORY':'C:\\Users\\xxx\\Documents\\FP\\QGIS EPSG',
'OUTPUT_HTML':'TEMPORARY_OUTPUT'})
processing.run("qgis:tilesxyzdirectory", {
 'EXTENT': '-443.962200000,456.037800000,
-4759.144700000,-3659.144700000 [Radolan Projection]', # Defined Radolan Projection
 'ZOOM_MIN': 11, 'ZOOM_MAX': 11, 'DPI': 100,
 'TILE_FORMAT': 0,
 'QUALITY': 75,
 'METATILESIZE': 4,
 'TILE_WIDTH': 256,
 'TILE_HEIGHT': 256,
 'TMS_CONVENTION': False,
 'OUTPUT_DIRECTORY': 'C:\\Users\\xxx\\Documents\\FP\\First', 'OUTPUT_HTML': 'TEMPORARY_OUTPUT'
})

• NicolasT: My code snippet was not up to date. It was a test from my side to see if [Radolan Projection] would help me, but its the same problem when using [] instead (I edited my post). What I dont understand is why the QGIS GUI uses [] so according to your respons WGS84 but renders the correct tiles but the python code doesn`t do it like that. Thanks nonetheless
• Dror Bogin: Then the only thing i can think of is that the python code does not recognize the TMS_CONVENTION:False parameter and it flips your Y coordinates.
• NicolasT: Should not be the problem according to the documentation docs.qgis.org/3.10/en/docs/user_manual/processing_algs/qgis/… where the default is false