Vector
Service version: 1
Last edit: 2019.03.04
Purpose
The Maps Vector web services suite offers the following APIs:
Tile
TomTom's global digital map content comprises a large volume of data, and to efficiently transmit map images for display over the internet simultaneously to multiple users.
The data are divided into grid sections called tiles.
- The tiles are rendered at various sizes and available at 23 different zoom levels, ranging from
0
to22
. - For zoom level
0
, the entire earth is displayed on one single tile, while at zoom level22
, the world is divided into 244 tiles.
Schema and Content
- The format of the tile is formally described using the protobuf schema.
- The content of the tiles and the meaning of each tile layer are described in the tile layers description.