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Display a tiled web layer.

Image of web tiled layer

Use case

Tiled map services are a set of pre-generated images (e.g. “tiles”) arranged in folders for each row, column, and zoom level. As you navigate the map, map tiles are requested for the current extent. ArcGISTiledLayer and WmtsLayer are types of tiled map services used for specific data types. WebTiledLayer is useful for displaying other data sources that contain tiles arranged in a row/column/level directory structure, such as OpenStreetMap.

How to use the sample

Run the sample and a map will appear. As you navigate the map, map tiles will be fetched automatically and displayed on the map.

How it works

  1. Create a WebTiledLayer from a URL and a list of subdomains.
  2. Create a new Basemap from the layer.
  3. Update the attribution on the layer with webTiledLayer.setAttribution(attributionString). Note: this is a necessary step because web tiled services don’t have associated service metadata.

Relevant API

  • Basemap
  • WebTiledLayer

About the data

The basemap in this sample is provided by ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World provides tiled services with several unique styles.

Additional information

Web tiled services use a uniform addressing scheme with pre-rendered tiles. Image tiles are accessed via a URL template string, with parameters for subdomain, level, column, and row.

  • Subdomain is optional and allows ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps to balance requests among multiple servers for enhanced performance.
  • Level, row, and column select the tiles to load based on the visible extent of the map.

For more information about web tiled layers, see the following resources:

Tags

layer, OGC, tiled, tiles

Sample Code

module-info.java module-info.java WebTiledLayerSample.java
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module com.esri.samples.web_tiled_layer {
// require ArcGIS Maps SDK for Java module
requires com.esri.arcgisruntime;
// handle SLF4J http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder
requires org.slf4j.nop;
// require JavaFX modules that the application uses
requires javafx.graphics;
requires javafx.controls;
exports com.esri.samples.web_tiled_layer;
}