Tile package command line examples

Available with Advanced license.

Available with ArcGIS Maritime license.

The following example operations describe how to create and manage Maritime Chart Service tile package (mcstpk.exe) projects using the command line.

Example 1: Help

The following is an example of how to return a list of parameters that can be used with the mcstpk.exe.

mcstpk.exe -help

Example 2: Open a project

The following is an example of how to open a project file using the command mcstpk.exe <name of the project file>.mcs where the name of the project file is global:

mcstpk.exe global.mcs

Example 3: Create a project

The following is an example of how to create a project named global.mcs.

mcstpk.exe -create_project -project_file="C:\project\global.mcs" -datasets_dir="C:\project\maritimechartservice\" -control_files_dir="C:\project\maritimechartservice\" -working_dir="C:\project\maritimechartservice\" -x_min=-179 -y_min=-85 -x_max=179 -y_max=85 -start_level=10 -end_level=20

mcstpk.exe -create_project -project_file="/project/global.mcs" -datasets_dir="/project/maritimechartservice/" -control_files_dir="/project/maritimechartservice/" -working_dir="/project/maritimechartservice/" -x_min=-179 -y_min=-85 -x_max=179 -y_max=85 -start_level=10 -end_level=20

Example 4: Update a project

The following is an example of how to update an existing project named global.mcs:

mcstpk.exe -update_project -project_file="C:\project\global.mcs"

mcstpk.exe -update_project -project_file="/project/global.mcs"

Example 5: Replace a project

The following is an example of how to replace a project named global.mcs with updated parameter values, such as start and end levels that are different from the original input values: