Wikimedia Maps/2015-2017/Technical Implementation

Getting started

maps.wikimedia.org serves standard Web Mercator raster tiles so it should be a drop-in replacement for other tileservers serving OpenStreetMap-based imagery. To point a tool to our mapserver, use the following URL schema:

https://maps.wikimedia.org/{style}/{z}/{x}/{y}{r}.{format}
https://maps.wikimedia.org/{style}/{z}/{x}/{y}@{scale}x.{format} - with the optional scaling factor

URL parameters
style	Map style to use. Use "osm-intl" for map with labels, "osm" for map without labels.
z	zoom level, 0-19
x, y	Web Mercator grid coordinates
r	Standard retina option (@2x)
scale	Optional scale for the high-resolution screens such as Retina. Supported scales are 1.3, 1.5, 2, 2.6, 3
format	Use "png" for now, but you can also use "pbf" from the /osm style to get the raw vector tiles.

Adding a maps within Leaflet is as easy as

var style = 'osm-intl';
var server = 'https://maps.wikimedia.org/';

// Create a map
var map = L.map('map').setView([40.75, -73.96], 4);

// Add a map layer
L.tileLayer(server + style + '/{z}/{x}/{y}{r}.png', {
    maxZoom: 19,
    id: 'wikipedia-map-01',
    attribution: 'Wikimedia maps beta | Map data &copy; <a href="http://openstreetmap.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap contributors</a>'
}).addTo(map);

An example of a map that uses our tiles is at https://maps.wikimedia.org, source.

Static map images

Maps are also capable of serving static images, such as https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,7,43.66,4.719,800x600.png

URL: https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/{style},{z},{lat},{lon},{width}x{height}@{scale}x.png

URL parameters
style	Map style to use. Use "osm-intl" for map with labels, "osm" for map without labels.
z	Zoom level, 0–18
lat, lon	Latitude and longitude of the map center
width, height	Image size in pixels without scalling
scale	Optional scale for the high-resolution screens such as Retina. Supported scales are 1.3, 1.5, 2, 2.6, 3

Getting started

Static map images

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