Note: To add a TMS base layer, you must be logged-in to a Pro account. To learn how to upgrade, visit this link: How to upgrade to a Pro account
Description
TMS stands for Tile Map Service, a specification for tiled web maps.
Adding a TMS URL enables you to import the georeferenced tiles to produce a base layer on a map.
A TMS URL will have {X},{Y}, and {Z} in the URL.Every provider has their own format. This is a common format: https://www.websiteprovider/tiletype/{X}/{Y}/{Z}
Import the tiles
- If you aren't logged-in to Scribble Maps already, login to your account at:
https://www.scribblemaps.com/create(Optional) To learn how to login, visit this link:
How to login / register - (Optional) If the "LAYERS" Panel isn't open on the right-side of the browser window, click the vertical bar.
- At the bottom of the Layers Panel, open the Base Layers window by clicking the double-arrowheads.
- Click the (+) button.
- In the flyout, click: "Add TMS".
You will see the editor window titled: "ADD/EDIT TMS"
- Copy the URL. For example, the URL inside these quotation marks:
"https://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Demographics/USA_Population_Density/MapServer/tile/{Z}/{Y}/{X}"Copy by highlighting the URL. Then use your keyboard to press:
- Ctrl + C (for Windows).
- Command + C (for Macs).
- Paste the URL in the "ADD/EDIT TMS" window.
Paste by clicking the field under the heading: "TMS URL XYZ". Then use your keyboard to press:
- Ctrl + V (for Windows).
- Command + V (for Macs).
- You will see the tiled map in the preview window.
- (Optional) Under the heading, "Layer Name", type the name into the field. For example: "Test".
Note: In later steps, the TMS name will appear on the base layer's row in the Base Layers window.
- Click the button: "ADD TMS LAYER".
- Click "Ok".
In the Map View, you will see the added TMS base layer.
- (Optional) You can toggle the visibility of the TMS base layer.
In the Base Layers window, click the Eye Icon located on the left-side of the base layer's row.
See also
Reorder the stack of base layers
Add a heatmap base layer at marker locations
Add a mask as a base layer - Display sections of a second map
Add a WMS URL to produce a base layer
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