How do I get a TomTom API Key?
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TL;DR : for security reasons and analytics. API stands for application programming interface. When you use our location services (our APIs), we need a way to identify that it's your application that's making the request to use the service (API). Thanks to the API Key we can:
https://api.tomtom.com/map/1/tile/basic/main/0/0/0.png?view=Unified&key=YOUR_API_KEY
You should now see a map tile containing the whole world. Success!