Hosted image tile layers

What is a hosted image tile layer?

A hosted image tile layer is a reference to an image tile layer in an image tile service used to store your data. Applications can use image tile layers to display large amounts of geographic data in a map or scene with static image files.

You use hosted image tile layers when you want to:

• Convert feature layers to image tile layers.
• Store and access data as pre-cached image tiles in different formats e.g. JPEG or PNG.
• Optimize accessing and displaying large amounts of data as tiles.
• Use image tile data in offline applications.

How an hosted image tile works

You can create hosted image tile layers by converting existing hosted feature layers to tile layers. A hosted image tile layer references a MapService service that serves tiles (or levels) of png or jpeg images of geographic data. To get tile data, you make requests to the MapService.

Manage an image tile layer

An item page allows you to manage the properties and settings for a hosted image tile layer. You can access an item page by signing in to your developer dashboard or ArcGIS Online. Once signed in, you can set properties such as the name, description, tags, and sharing settings.

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https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=<ID>

Access an image tile layer

An image tile service hosts tile data. You can discover information about a layer by accessing the service endpoint directly. The endpoint returns properties such as the service name, item ID, spatial reference, extent, and tile information.

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https://<HOST>/arcgis/rest/services/<SERVICE_NAME>/MapServer

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https://<HOST>/arcgis/rest/services/<SERVICE_NAME>/MapServer/tile/{z}/{y}/{x}

Code examples

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    esriConfig.apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";


    const imageLayer = new TileLayer({
      url: "https://services3.arcgis.com/GVgbJbqm8hXASVYi/arcgis/rest/services/Santa_Monica_Mountains_Parcels_Styled_ITL/MapServer",
      maxScale: 0
    });

Tutorials

Add a feature layer

Access and display point, line, and polygon features from a feature service

JavaScript .NET Kotlin Swift Java Qt Esri Leaflet MapLibre OpenLayers CesiumJS 

Add a vector tile layer

Access and display a vector tile layer in a map.

JavaScript Esri Leaflet MapLibre OpenLayers 

Add an image tile layer

Access and display an image tile layer in a map.

Esri Leaflet MapLibre OpenLayers CesiumJS 

Style a feature layer

Use symbols and renderers to style feature layers.

JavaScript .NETJava Qt Esri Leaflet MapLibre OpenLayers CesiumJS 

Query a feature layer (spatial)

Execute a spatial query to get features from a feature layer.

JavaScript Esri Leaflet MapLibre OpenLayers CesiumJS ArcGIS REST JS REST 

Query a feature layer (SQL)

Execute a SQL query to access polygon features from a feature layer.

JavaScript .NETJava Qt Esri Leaflet MapLibre OpenLayers CesiumJS ArcGIS REST JS REST 

Edit feature data

Add, update, and delete features in a feature service.

JavaScript ArcGIS REST JS REST 

Display a popup

Format a popup to show attributes in a feature layer.

JavaScript Esri Leaflet MapLibre OpenLayers CesiumJS 

Services

API support

Tools