diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/action.job.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/action.job.ts
index 3a1570d18..92cacf06e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/action.job.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/cogify/action.job.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Epsg, EpsgCode } from '@basemaps/geo';
-import { FileConfig, FileOperator, ProjectionTileMatrixSet } from '@basemaps/shared';
+import { FileConfig, FileOperator, ProjectionTileMatrixSet, FileConfigPath } from '@basemaps/shared';
 import {
     CommandLineAction,
     CommandLineFlagParameter,
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export class ActionJobCreate extends CommandLineAction {
     private sourceProjection: CommandLineIntegerParameter;
     private targetProjection: CommandLineIntegerParameter;
     private oneCog: CommandLineFlagParameter;
+    private fileList: CommandLineStringParameter;
 
     public constructor() {
         super({
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ export class ActionJobCreate extends CommandLineAction {
     }
 
     async onExecute(): Promise<void> {
-        const source = this.fsConfig(this.source);
+        const source: FileConfig | FileConfigPath = this.fsConfig(this.source);
         const output = this.fsConfig(this.output);
 
         let cutline = undefined;
@@ -104,6 +105,16 @@ export class ActionJobCreate extends CommandLineAction {
             };
         }
 
+        const fileListPath = this.fileList?.value;
+        if (fileListPath != null) {
+            const fileData = await FileOperator.create(fileListPath).read(fileListPath);
+            (source as FileConfigPath).files = fileData
+                .toString()
+                .trim()
+                .split('\n')
+                .map((fn) => source.path + '/' + fn);
+        }
+
         const ctx: JobCreationContext = {
             source,
             output,
@@ -197,5 +208,12 @@ export class ActionJobCreate extends CommandLineAction {
             description: 'ignore target projection window and just produce one big COG.',
             required: false,
         });
+
+        this.fileList = this.defineStringParameter({
+            argumentName: 'FILE_LIST',
+            parameterLongName: '--filelist',
+            description: 'supply a list of files to use as source imagery',
+            required: false,
+        });
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/tiler-sharp/src/__test__/tile.creation.test.ts b/packages/tiler-sharp/src/__test__/tile.creation.test.ts
index 674471bc8..9c478ae98 100644
--- a/packages/tiler-sharp/src/__test__/tile.creation.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tiler-sharp/src/__test__/tile.creation.test.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ o.spec('TileCreation', () => {
 
         const topLeft = layer0.find((f) => f.source.x == 0 && f.source.y == 0);
         o(topLeft?.tiff.source.name).equals(tiff.source.name);
-        o(topLeft?.resize).deepEquals({ width: 32, height: 32 });
+        o(topLeft?.resize).deepEquals({ width: 32, height: 32, downsize: false });
         o(topLeft?.x).equals(64);
         o(topLeft?.y).equals(64);
     });
diff --git a/packages/tiler-sharp/src/index.ts b/packages/tiler-sharp/src/index.ts
index f42b0458a..1d9224567 100644
--- a/packages/tiler-sharp/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/tiler-sharp/src/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ function notEmpty<T>(value: T | null | undefined): value is T {
 }
 export type SharpOverlay = { input: string | Buffer } & Sharp.OverlayOptions;
 
-const SharpScaleOptions = { fit: Sharp.fit.cover };
+const SharpScaleOptionsDownsize = { fit: Sharp.fit.cover, kernel: Sharp.kernel.nearest };
+const SharpScaleOptionsUpsize = { fit: Sharp.fit.cover, kernel: Sharp.kernel.lanczos3 };
 
 export class TileMakerSharp implements TileMaker {
     static readonly MaxImageSize = 256 * 2 ** 15;
@@ -89,7 +90,11 @@ export class TileMakerSharp implements TileMaker {
         }
 
         if (composition.resize) {
-            sharp.resize(composition.resize.width, composition.resize.height, SharpScaleOptions);
+            sharp.resize(
+                composition.resize.width,
+                composition.resize.height,
+                composition.resize.downsize ? SharpScaleOptionsDownsize : SharpScaleOptionsUpsize,
+            );
         }
 
         if (composition.crop) {
diff --git a/packages/tiler/src/__test__/tiler.test.ts b/packages/tiler/src/__test__/tiler.test.ts
index 343d3c16c..87fd7b3f0 100644
--- a/packages/tiler/src/__test__/tiler.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tiler/src/__test__/tiler.test.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ o.spec('tiler.test', () => {
             y: 0,
             x: 64,
             extract: { width: 512, height: 387 },
-            resize: { width: 256, height: 194 },
+            resize: { width: 256, height: 194, downsize: true },
             crop,
         });
 
diff --git a/packages/tiler/src/raster.ts b/packages/tiler/src/raster.ts
index e59893a13..ceeebddc4 100644
--- a/packages/tiler/src/raster.ts
+++ b/packages/tiler/src/raster.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export interface Composition {
     /** Crop the initial bounds */
     extract?: Size;
     /** Resize the image */
-    resize?: Size;
+    resize?: Size & { downsize: boolean };
     /** Crop after the resize */
     crop?: Bounds;
 }
diff --git a/packages/tiler/src/tiler.ts b/packages/tiler/src/tiler.ts
index 97f9cbb54..91fd20905 100644
--- a/packages/tiler/src/tiler.ts
+++ b/packages/tiler/src/tiler.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export class Tiler {
         // Often COG tiles do not align to the same size as XYZ Tiles
         // This will scale the COG tile to the same size as a XYZ
         if (source.width != target.width || source.height != target.height) {
-            composition.resize = { width: target.width, height: target.height };
+            composition.resize = { width: target.width, height: target.height, downsize: source.width > target.width };
         }
 
         // If the output XYZ tile needs a piece of a COG tile, extract the speicific