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WMTS Tile (Image Service)

  • URL:https://<wmts-url>/tile/<wmts-version>/<layer>/<style>/<tilematrixset>/<tilematrix>/<tilerow>/<tilecol>.<format>
  • Required Capability:Image
  • Version Introduced:10.1

Description

An individual WMTS Tile resource represents a single cached tile, which is a fragment of an image in the context of the OGC WMTS specification. You can request WMTS tiles in both RESTful and Key-Value Pairs (KVP) syntax as defined by the OGC WMTS specification.

URL tokens

URL tokenDetails
layer

(Required)

The layer identifier. The value must be a valid layer identifier advertised in WMTS service metadata (GetCapabilities response).

Example

layer=0
style

The style identifier. The value must be a valid style identifier advertised in WMTS service metadata (GetCapabilities response).

Note:

Since ArcGIS Server WMTS will always have only one style, the client can omit this parameter, or code it as default.

Example

style=default
tilematrixset

(Required)

The TileMatrixSet identifier. The TileMatrixSet is a concept in the OGC WMTS specification that is similar to Tiling Schema. The value must be the identifier of one of the TileMatrixSet advertised in WMTS service metadata (GetCapabilities response) that includes a well-known TileMatrixSet such as Google Maps or ArcGIS Online, or a customized TileMatrixSet defined by the service publisher.

Example

tileMatrixSet=google_maps
tilematrix

(Required)

The TileMatrix identifier. The values must be the identifier of one of the TileMatrix defined in a particular TileMatrixSet.

Example

tileMatrix=tileMatrix0
tilerow

(Required)

The row index of a tile matrix.

Example

tilerow=0
tilecol

(Required)

The column index of a tile matrix.

Example

tilecol=0

Example:

format

(Required)

The output format of the tile.

Example

format=png

Example usage

The following is a sample request URL used to access a WMTS Tile resource:

https://machine.domain.com/webadaptor/rest/services/Toronto/ImageServer/WMTS/tile/1.0.0/Toronto/default/default028mm/13/2990/2289.png

The following is a sample request URL used to access a WMTS Tile resource:

https://machine.domain.com/webadaptor/rest/services/Toronto/ImageServer/WMTS?service=WMTS&version=1.0.0&request=gettile&layer=WorldTimeZones&style=default&tileMatrixSet=default028mm&tileMatrix=13&TileRow=2990&TileCol=2289&format=image/png