# Providing my own terrain **URL:** \ **Category:** CesiumJS\ **Created:** [May 27, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/providing-my-own-terrain/40958 "2025-05-27T14:33:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Natalia\_Medrano\_do\_N](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/natalia_medrano_do_n/32/29688_2.png) [@Natalia\_Medrano\_do\_N](https://community.cesium.com/u/Natalia_Medrano_do_N)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/providing-my-own-terrain/40958/1 "2025-05-27T14:33:38Z")
Hello guys, Can someone explain me how to provide my own terrain? For example, I have geotiff files. As I understand, I need to 1. Convert geotiff into quantized-mesh format. - does CTB works for it? - is a requirement to have a layers.json? if so, is there a way to generate the layers.json automatically? 2. Server the terrain files - does this server works for testing: [GitHub - geo-data/cesium-terrain-server: A basic server for serving up filesystem based tilesets representing Cesium.js terrain models](https://github.com/geo-data/cesium-terrain-server)? - or is there another way for me to test that the terrain files generated from CTB works? I have currently converted one geotiff file into terrain, and I generated my own layer.json, but I cannot visualize my terrain. So, I am a bit lost if this is the correct path to take. Also, I do not know where the issue is, if the issue is in my terrain file, in my layer.json, or in my server. Thank you so much for the help. I have a simple html code to test in a viewer: ```auto Cesium Terrain Test
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**Author:** ![jjhembd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/jjhembd/32/10144_2.png) [@jjhembd](https://community.cesium.com/u/jjhembd)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/providing-my-own-terrain/40958/2 "2025-06-16T22:53:31Z")
Hi @Natalia_Medrano_do_N, welcome to the community! If you simply want to visualize your terrain in Cesium, the easiest way would be to [sign up for a free Cesium ion account](https://ion.cesium.com/signup/) and upload your geotiff files there. See [Terrain – Cesium](https://cesium.com/learn/3d-tiling/ion-tile-terrain/). Cesium Terrain Builder is not affiliated with Cesium in any way. If you want to go that route, you could try contacting the maintainers of that repo directly. Is it important for you that the terrain files be hosted on your own server?