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WMTS Tile

URL http://<wmts-url>/tile/<wmts-version>/<layer>/<style>/<tilematrixset>/<tilematrix>/<tilerow>/<tilecol>.<format>
KVP URL http://<wmts-url>?service=wmts&request=getTile&version=<wmts-version>&layer=<layer>&style=<style>&tilematrixset=<tilematrixset>&tilematrix=<tilematrix>&tilerow=<tilerow>&tilecol=<tilecol>&format=<format>
Parent Resource WMTS
Required Capability Image

Description

This resource is supported from 10.1 onwards.

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

Resource Hierarchy

WMTS Tile

URL Tokens

URL Token Details
layer Required

Description: Layer identifier

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

Example: layer=0
style Optional *Note: since ArcGIS Server WMTS will always have only one style, so client can omit this parameter or code it as "default"

Description: Style identifier

Values: valid style identifier advertised in WMTS service metadata (GetCapabilities response)

Example: style=default
tilematrixset Required

Description: TileMatrixSet identifier, "TileMatrixSet" is a concept in OGC WMTS specification which is similar to Tiling Schema

Values: the identifier of one of the TileMatrixSet advertised in WMTS service metadata (GetCapabilities response), which includes well-known TileMatrixSet like Google Maps/ArcGIS Online, or a customized TileMatrixSet defined by service publisher.

Example: tileMarixSet=google_maps
tilematrix Required

Description: TileMatrix identifier

Values: the identifier of one of the TileMatrix defined in a particular TileMatrixSet

Example: tileMarix=tileMatrix0
tilerow Required

Description: Row index of a tile matrix

Example: tilerow=0
tilecol Required

Description: Column index of a tile matrix

Example: tilecol=0
format Optional *Note: it is mandatory according to spec, but let's make it optional such that if omitted server picks up the best fit

Description: Output format of the tile

Values: the suffix of one of the supported formats advertised in WMTS service metadata (GetCapabilities response), usually png, jpeg, or ??jpegpng??

Example: format=png

Example Usage

Example 1:

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

Example 2:

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