Web Map Tiling Services WMTS: available services and data
A WMTS service does not offer the flexibility of free scale selection; it offers instead faster loading/transmission time by using static tiles with fixed and discrete scales. This fixed structure of tiles allows the use of a WMTS service with a web server that simply retrieves the available files. This tile architecture also allows the use of standard network mechanisms for scalability such as distributed cache systems.
The WMTS-FSDI offers the WMTS maps available in map.geo.admin.ch. The WMTS-FSDI can be used free of charge. The requests GetCapabilities and GetTile are supported.
The WMTS-FSDI is accessible via a secure connection.
In some geographic information systems (GIS) the URL https://wmts.geo.admin.ch is sufficient to use the service. Otherwise the GetCapabilities request is:
(choice of language [de,fr,it,en] is done by adding the parameter ?lang=en)
- MN95/CH1903+(EPSG:2056) https://wmts.geo.admin.ch/EPSG/2056/1.0.0/WMTSCapabilities.xml
- MN03/CH1903 (EPSG:21781) https://wmts.geo.admin.ch/EPSG/21781/1.0.0/WMTSCapabilities.xml
- Plate-Carrée WGS1984 (EPSG:4326) https://wmts.geo.admin.ch/EPSG/4326/1.0.0/WMTSCapabilities.xml
- WGS84/Pseudo-Mercator (EPSG:3857, as used in OSM, Bing, Google Maps) https://wmts.geo.admin.ch/EPSG/3857/1.0.0/WMTSCapabilities.xml
Intended Use
Web Map Tile Services are tiled raster data, where pre-tiling reduces loading times. WMTS data is used when a constantly updated background is required.