terrain
Read a terrarium-encoded elevation tile
Returns a Terrarium-encoded Mapzen Terrain PNG for MapLibre raster-dem sources.
When to use: Display hillshading or 3D terrain using the catalog's tile template and zoom range.
When not to use: Use sampleElevation for a single coordinate without decoding a tile.
get/terrain/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
Request
- Base URL: https://api.mapsource.io
- URL: https://api.mapsource.io/terrain/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
- Auth: HTTP bearer
Path parameters
zinteger required
Zoom, 0 to 15.
xinteger required
Tile column.
yinteger required
Tile row, with the .png suffix.
Response
Read a terrarium-encoded elevation tile
string binary required
A terrarium-encoded PNG elevation tile.
Changes
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