WMTS Tile (Map Service)

URL:
https://<wmts-url>/tile/<wmts-version>/<layer>/<style>/<tilematrixset>/<tilematrix>/<tilerow>/<tilecol>.<format>
Methods:
GET
Child Resources:
WMTS Capabilities, WMTS Tile
Required Capability:
Map
Version Introduced:
10.1

Description

This resource is supported at 10.1 and later.

The WMTS Tile resource represents a single cached tile, which is a fragment of a map representation of a layer in the context of the OGC WMTS specification. You can request WMTS tiles in both RESTful and Key-Value Pair (KVP) syntax as defined by the OGC WMTS specification.

URL tokens

URL tokenDetails

layer

(Required)

Layer identifier. Accepted values are the valid layer identifiers advertised in WMTS service metadata (the GetCapabilities response).

Values: Valid layer identifier advertised in WMTS service metadata (GetCapabilities response).

Example

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layer=0

style

(Optional)

Style identifier. Accepted values are the valid style identifiers advertised in WMTS service metadata (the GetCapabilities response).

Example

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style=default

tilematrixset

(Required)

TileMatrixSet identifier. TileMatrixSet is a concept in the OGC WMTS specification that is similar to Tiling Schema. Accepted values are the identifiers of one of the TileMatrixSet advertised in WMTS service metadata (the 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

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tileMatrixSet=google_maps

tilematrix

(Required)

TileMatrix identifier. The accepted values are the identifiers of one of the TileMatrix defined in a particular TileMatrixSet.

Example

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tileMatrix=tileMatrix0

tilerow

(Required)

Row index of a tile matrix.

Example

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tilerow=0

tilecol

(Required)

Column index of a tile matrix.

Example

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tilecol=0

format

(Required)

Output format of the tile.

Example

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format=png

Example usage

Example one:

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https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldTimeZones/MapServer/WMTS/tile/1.0.0/WorldTimeZones/default/default028mm/1/0/0.png

Example two:

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https://sampleserver6.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldTimeZones/MapServer/WMTS?service=WMTS&version=1.0.0&request=GetTile&layer=WorldTimeZones&style=default&tileMatrixSet=default028mm&tileMatrix=1&TileRow=0&TileCol=0&format=image/png

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