Mapview

Use the third party add-on Mapview developed by Jacques Deyrieux to easily download tiles to cover an area of any size (subject to your system's limitations).

Download Mapview from Tacview's website.

Run Mapview.exe

Mapview

Choose from the predefined maps:

Mapview - Predefined Maps

Or add your own by clicking on the pencil icon and filling out a Name and the Top Left and Bottom Right coordinates of the area you wish to cover.

Mapview - New Map

Choose the source from which you wish to download the tiles: Skyvector, OpenStreetMap, Thunderforest, or OpenFlightMaps.

Mapview - Source

For Thunderforest, follow the instructions in the pop-up message:

Mapview - Thunderforest Message

And choose a Style:

Mapview - Thunderforest Style

Choose a Blending Mode and a Quality level, and click Go!

Mapview - Blending Mode and Quality

Wait for the tiles to be downloaded:

Mapview - Downloading

Mapview - Downloaded

Click on the folder icon in the bottom left to confirm that the tiles have been downloaded to the correct folder.

Mapview - Folder

Close and relaunch Tacview to see the textures:

Mapview - Textures