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XYZ Tiles is a standard for numbering and requesting tiles in a tiled web map, a map displayed in a web browser by seamlessly joining dozens of individually requested image or vector data files. Learn about the advantages, conventions, standards and client libraries of tiled web maps.
Tile Map Service (TMS) is a specification for tiled web maps, developed by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. It provides simple URLs to tiles while also supporting alternate spatial referencing systems.
OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a collaborative project that collects and distributes data for maps, navigation and other applications. Learn about its history, data structure, licensing, features and applications from the online encyclopedia.
WMTS is a standard protocol for serving pre-rendered or run-time computed georeferenced map tiles over the Internet. It was developed by the Open Geospatial Consortium in 2010 and has different request encodings and types.
A table that compares various features and functions of different web map services, including Google Maps, Bing Maps, MapQuest, Mapy.cz, OpenStreetMap, Here WeGo, Apple Maps and Yandex Maps. See the availability, navigation, directory, interface and viewing interface of each service.
Vector tiles are packets of geographic data, packaged into pre-defined tiles for web maps. Learn about the advantages, history and standards of vector tiles, and how they are used by various services and applications.
The maps provided by MapTiler are created using open data sources, such as OpenStreetMap [9] and ESA, [10] and from purchased proprietary data sources, such as Maxar Technologies. [11] The original MapTiler software for turning raster images and vector geographical data into map tiles for interactive maps became MapTiler Desktop [12]
A comprehensive list of online map services by continent and country, including global and local maps. Bing Maps is one of the global online map service providers, covering the whole world with various features and data.