{"id":1945,"date":"2022-01-11T16:15:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T16:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreid.nl\/?p=1945"},"modified":"2022-01-11T16:16:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T16:16:59","slug":"useful-xyz-tiles-for-qgis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dreid.nl\/?p=1945","title":{"rendered":"Useful XYZ tiles for QGIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the data types supported by QGIS are <em>XYZ tiles<\/em>, i.e. tiled image data in a Pseudo-Mercator projection. By default, QGIS only has OpenStreetMap as tile provider. To do so, you right click on <em>XYZ Tiles<\/em> in the Browser window and choose <em>Add Connection<\/em>. You need an URL for each data set that you want to add.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Very useful is Google Maps imagery. All Google Maps data sets <a href=\"https:\/\/hatarilabs.com\/ih-en\/how-to-add-a-google-map-in-qgis-3-tutorial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are listed here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>OpenStreetMap has many different versions and layouts. These are all <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/Tile_servers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listed here<\/a>. Dollar signs need to be removed for QGIS.<\/li>\n<li>OpenRailwayMap has three different styles <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.openstreetmap.org\/wiki\/OpenRailwayMap\/API\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as described here<\/a>, very useful if you do railway-related work. You will have to remove the dollar signs to get it to work. You need another basemap below to get a full map, as ORM only has railway lines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s OpenRailwayMap combined with Google Satellite:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1947\" src=\"http:\/\/dreid.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/qgis_orm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1088\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dreid.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/qgis_orm.png 1088w, https:\/\/dreid.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/qgis_orm-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/dreid.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/qgis_orm-1024x786.png 1024w, https:\/\/dreid.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/qgis_orm-768x589.png 768w, https:\/\/dreid.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/qgis_orm-600x460.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1088px) 100vw, 1088px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the data types supported by QGIS are XYZ tiles, i.e. tiled image data in a Pseudo-Mercator projection. 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