Ordnance Survey Tiling Schemes API

The Tiling Schemes API from Ordnance Survey — 2 operation(s) for tiling schemes.

Operations 2

GET /tilematrixsets Retrieve the list of available tiling schemes (tile matrix sets) #
GET /tilematrixsets/{tileMatrixSetId} Retrieve the definition of the specified tiling scheme (tile matrix set) #

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https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-downloads-api
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https://api.os.uk/downloads/v1/openapi.yaml
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https://api.os.uk/positioning/osnet/v1/openapi.yaml
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https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-places-api/technical-specification
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https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-names-api
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https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-names-api/technical-specification
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https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-linked-identifiers-api
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https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-maps-api/technical-specification
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https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-vector-tile-api
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https://docs.os.uk/os-apis/accessing-os-apis/os-vector-tile-api/technical-specification

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OpenAPI Specification

ordnance-survey-tiling-schemes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: OS NGD API - Tiles Tiling Schemes API
  version: v1.8
servers:
- description: NGD OGC API - Tiles server
  url: https://api.os.uk/maps/vector/ngd/ota/v1
tags:
- name: Tiling Schemes
paths:
  /tilematrixsets:
    get:
      operationId: getTileMatrixSetsList
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/getTileMatrixSetsList_200_response'
          description: List of tile matrix sets (tiling schemes).
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/exceptionDto'
          description: The request was not supported.
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/exceptionDto'
          description: The requested resource does not exist on the server. For example, a path parameter had an incorrect value.
        '405':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/exceptionDto'
          description: The HTTP method requested is not supported. This endpoint only supports 'GET' requests.
        '406':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/exceptionDto'
          description: A request header value was not supported.
        '500':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/exceptionDto'
          description: A server error occurred.
        '504':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/exceptionDto'
          description: Gateway Timeout.
      summary: Retrieve the list of available tiling schemes (tile matrix sets)
      tags:
      - Tiling Schemes
  /tilematrixsets/{tileMatrixSetId}:
    get:
      operationId: getTileMatrixSet
      parameters:
      - allowEmptyValue: false
        description: Identifier for a supported TileMatrixSet
        in: path
        name: tileMatrixSetId
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TileMatrixSets'
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/tileMatrixSet'
          description: tile matrix set
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/exceptionDto'
          description: The request was not supported.
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/exceptionDto'
          description: The requested resource does not exist on the server. For example, a path parameter had an incorrect value.
        '405':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/exceptionDto'
          description: The HTTP method requested is not supported. This endpoint only supports 'GET' requests.
        '406':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/exceptionDto'
          description: A request header value was not supported.
        '500':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/exceptionDto'
          description: A server error occurred.
        '504':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/exceptionDto'
          description: Gateway Timeout.
      summary: Retrieve the definition of the specified tiling scheme (tile matrix set)
      tags:
      - Tiling Schemes
components:
  schemas:
    TileMatrixSets:
      enum:
      - '3857'
      - '27700'
      type: string
    exceptionDto:
      description: JSON schema for exceptions based on RFC 7807
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        detail:
          type: string
        instance:
          type: string
        code:
          type: integer
        description:
          type: string
        help:
          type: string
      required:
      - type
      title: Exception Schema
      type: object
    tileMatrixSet:
      description: A definition of a tile matrix set following the Tile Matrix Set standard. For tileset metadata, such a description (in `tileMatrixSet` property) is only required for offline use, as an alternative to a link with a `http://www.opengis.net/def/rel/ogc/1.0/tiling-scheme` relation type.
      properties:
        title:
          description: Title of this tile matrix set, normally used for display to a human
          type: string
        id:
          description: Tile matrix set identifier. Implementation of 'identifier'
          type: string
        uri:
          description: Reference to an official source for this tileMatrixSet
          format: uri
          type: string
        orderedAxes:
          items:
            type: string
          minItems: 1
          type: array
        crs:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/crs'
        wellKnownScaleSet:
          description: Reference to a well-known scale set
          format: uri
          type: string
        tileMatrices:
          description: Describes scale levels and its tile matrices
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/tileMatrix'
          type: array
      required:
      - crs
      - tileMatrices
      title: Tile Matrix Set Definition
      type: object
    tileMatrix:
      description: A tile matrix, usually corresponding to a particular zoom level of a TileMatrixSet.
      properties:
        id:
          description: Identifier selecting one of the scales defined in the TileMatrixSet and representing the scaleDenominator the tile. Implementation of 'identifier'
          type: string
        scaleDenominator:
          description: Scale denominator of this tile matrix
          type: number
        cellSize:
          description: Cell size of this tile matrix
          type: number
        cornerOfOrigin:
          default: topLeft
          description: The corner of the tile matrix (_topLeft_ or _bottomLeft_) used as the origin for numbering tile rows and columns. This corner is also a corner of the (0, 0) tile.
          enum:
          - topLeft
          - bottomLeft
          type: string
        pointOfOrigin:
          description: Precise position in CRS coordinates of the corner of origin (e.g. the top-left corner) for this tile matrix. This position is also a corner of the (0, 0) tile. In previous version, this was 'topLeftCorner' and 'cornerOfOrigin' did not exist.
          items:
            type: number
          maxItems: 2
          minItems: 2
          type: array
        tileWidth:
          description: Width of each tile of this tile matrix in pixels
          format: integer
          minimum: 1
          multipleOf: 1
          type: number
        tileHeight:
          description: Height of each tile of this tile matrix in pixels
          format: integer
          minimum: 1
          multipleOf: 1
          type: number
        matrixHeight:
          description: Width of the matrix (number of tiles in width)
          format: integer
          minimum: 1
          multipleOf: 1
          type: number
        matrixWidth:
          description: Height of the matrix (number of tiles in height)
          format: integer
          minimum: 1
          multipleOf: 1
          type: number
      required:
      - cellSize
      - id
      - matrixHeight
      - matrixWidth
      - pointOfOrigin
      - scaleDenominator
      - tileHeight
      - tileWidth
      type: object
    crs:
      description: Reference to one coordinate reference system (CRS)
      format: uri
      title: CRS
      type: string
    tileMatrixSet-item:
      description: A minimal tile matrix set element for use within a list of tile matrix sets linking to a full definition.
      properties:
        id:
          description: Optional local tile matrix set identifier, e.g. for use as unspecified `{tileMatrixSetId}` parameter. Implementation of 'identifier'
          type: string
        title:
          description: Title of this tile matrix set, normally used for display to a human
          type: string
        uri:
          description: Reference to an official source for this tileMatrixSet
          format: uri
          type: string
        crs:
          allOf:
          - description: Coordinate Reference System (CRS)
            type: object
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/crs'
        links:
          description: Links to related resources. A 'self' link to the tile matrix set definition is required.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/link'
          type: array
      required:
      - links
      title: Tile Matrix Set Item
      type: object
    getTileMatrixSetsList_200_response:
      properties:
        tileMatrixSets:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/tileMatrixSet-item'
          type: array
      type: object
    link:
      properties:
        href:
          description: Supplies the URI to a remote resource (or resource fragment).
          example: http://data.example.com/buildingpart/123
          type: string
        rel:
          description: The type or semantics of the relation.
          example: alternate
          type: string
        type:
          description: A hint indicating what the media type of the result of dereferencing the link should be.
          example: application/geo+json
          type: string
        templated:
          description: This flag set to true if the link is a URL template.
          type: boolean
        varBase:
          description: A base path to retrieve semantic information about the variables used in URL template.
          example: /ogcapi/vars/
          type: string
        hreflang:
          description: A hint indicating what the language of the result of dereferencing the link should be.
          example: en
          type: string
        title:
          description: Used to label the destination of a link such that it can be used as a human-readable identifier.
          example: Building Part
          type: string
        length:
          type: integer
      required:
      - href
      - rel
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    api-key:
      type: apiKey
      name: key
      in: query
    api-key-header:
      type: apiKey
      name: key
      in: header
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      name: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://api.os.uk/oauth2/token/v1
          scopes: {}