Vector Tiles Service: available services and data
Vector tiles are packets of geodata that are packaged in predefined, roughly square-shaped «tiles» and transmitted over the web.
They can be used to provide stylized web maps and combine the advantages of pre-rendered raster map tiles with vector map data.
Description
As with WMTS, the data is requested by the client as a set of «tiles» corresponding to square land areas with a predefined size and position.
Vector tiles contain vector representations of data across a range of scales. Unlike raster tiles:
- they can adapt to the resolution of your display device
- they are much smaller and faster to load
- they are optimized for mobile devices.
In addition, vector tiles allow you to create your own cartographic style without hosting or maintaining the underlying data.
The tile architecture also allows the use of standard network mechanisms for scalability such as distributed cache systems.
Available geodata
The Vector Tiles service provides the following datasets:
How to use the service
An introduction to using Vector Tiles and its capabilities can be found in the technical documentation: