Render - Get Map Tile

Service:

Maps

API Version:

1.0

use to get map tiles in vector or raster format typically to be integrated into a new map control or SDK.

Note

Azure Maps Render v1 service retirement

The Azure Maps Render v1 service is now deprecated and will be retired on 9/17/26. To avoid service disruptions, all calls to Render v1 API will need to be updated to use Render v2 API by 9/17/26.

Fetches map tiles in vector or raster format typically to be integrated into a new map control or SDK. By default, Azure uses vector map tiles for its web map control (see Zoom Levels and Tile Grid)

Note: Weather tiles are only available via Get Map Tile V2 API. We recommend to start to use the new Get Map Tile V2 API.

GET https://atlas.microsoft.com/map/tile/{format}?api-version=1.0&layer={layer}&style={style}&zoom={zoom}&x={x}&y={y}

With optional parameters:

GET https://atlas.microsoft.com/map/tile/{format}?api-version=1.0&layer={layer}&style={style}&zoom={zoom}&x={x}&y={y}&tileSize={tileSize}&language={language}&view={view}

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
format	path	True	TileFormat	Desired format of the response. Possible values are png & pbf.
api-version	query	True	string	Version number of Azure Maps API.
layer	query	True	MapTileLayer	Map layer requested. Possible values are basic, hybrid, labels and terra.
style	query	True	MapTileStyle	Map style to be returned. Possible values are main, dark, and shaded_relief.
x	query	True	integer int32	X coordinate of the tile on zoom grid. Value must be in the range [0, 2zoom -1]. Please see Zoom Levels and Tile Grid for details.
y	query	True	integer int32	Y coordinate of the tile on zoom grid. Value must be in the range [0, 2zoom -1]. Please see Zoom Levels and Tile Grid for details.
zoom	query	True	integer int32	Zoom level for the desired tile. Please see Zoom Levels and Tile Grid for details.
language	query		string	Language in which search results should be returned. Should be one of supported IETF language tags, case insensitive. When data in specified language is not available for a specific field, default language is used. Please refer to Supported Languages for details.
tileSize	query		MapTileSize	The size of the returned map tile in pixels.
view	query		LocalizedMapView	The View parameter (also called the "user region" parameter) allows you to show the correct maps for a certain country/region for geopolitically disputed regions. Different countries/regions have different views of such regions, and the View parameter allows your application to comply with the view required by the country/region your application will be serving. By default, the View parameter is set to “Unified” even if you haven’t defined it in the request. It is your responsibility to determine the location of your users, and then set the View parameter correctly for that location. Alternatively, you have the option to set ‘View=Auto’, which will return the map data based on the IP address of the request. The View parameter in Azure Maps must be used in compliance with applicable laws, including those regarding mapping, of the country/region where maps, images and other data and third party content that you are authorized to access via Azure Maps is made available. Example: view=IN. Please refer to Supported Views for details and to see the available Views.

Request Header

Name	Required	Type	Description
x-ms-client-id		string	Specifies which account is intended for usage in conjunction with the Microsoft Entra ID security model. It represents a unique ID for the Azure Maps account and can be retrieved from the Azure Maps management plane Account API. To use Microsoft Entra ID security in Azure Maps see the following articles for guidance.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	object	This image is returned from a successful Get Map Tile call Media Types: "application/json", "image/jpeg", "image/png", "image/pbf", "application/vnd.mapbox-vector-tile" Headers Content-Type: string
Other Status Codes	ErrorResponse	An unexpected error occurred. Media Types: "application/json", "image/jpeg", "image/png", "image/pbf", "application/vnd.mapbox-vector-tile"

Security

AADToken

These are the Microsoft Entra OAuth 2.0 Flows. When paired with Azure role-based access control it can be used to control access to Azure Maps REST APIs. Azure role-based access controls are used to designate access to one or more Azure Maps resource account or sub-resources. Any user, group, or service principal can be granted access via a built-in role or a custom role composed of one or more permissions to Azure Maps REST APIs.

To implement scenarios, we recommend viewing authentication concepts. In summary, this security definition provides a solution for modeling application(s) via objects capable of access control on specific APIs and scopes.

Notes

• This security definition requires the use of the x-ms-client-id header to indicate which Azure Maps resource the application is requesting access to. This can be acquired from the Maps management API.

The Authorization URL is specific to the Azure public cloud instance. Sovereign clouds have unique Authorization URLs and Microsoft Entra ID configurations. * The Azure role-based access control is configured from the Azure management plane via Azure portal, PowerShell, CLI, Azure SDKs, or REST APIs. * Usage of the Azure Maps Web SDK allows for configuration based setup of an application for multiple use cases.

• For more information on Microsoft identity platform, see Microsoft identity platform overview.

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
https://atlas.microsoft.com/.default	https://atlas.microsoft.com/.default

subscription-key

This is a shared key that is provisioned when you Create an Azure Maps account in the Azure portal or using PowerShell, CLI, Azure SDKs, or REST API.

With this key, any application can access all REST API. In other words, this key can be used as a master key in the account that they are issued in.

For publicly exposed applications, our recommendation is to use the confidential client applications approach to access Azure Maps REST APIs so your key can be securely stored.

Type: apiKey
In: query

SAS Token

This is a shared access signature token is created from the List SAS operation on the Azure Maps resource through the Azure management plane via Azure portal, PowerShell, CLI, Azure SDKs, or REST APIs.

With this token, any application is authorized to access with Azure role-based access controls and fine-grain control to the expiration, rate, and region(s) of use for the particular token. In other words, the SAS Token can be used to allow applications to control access in a more secured way than the shared key.

For publicly exposed applications, our recommendation is to configure a specific list of allowed origins on the Map account resource to limit rendering abuse and regularly renew the SAS Token.

Type: apiKey
In: header

Examples

Successful Tile Request

Sample Request

HTTP

GET https://atlas.microsoft.com/map/tile/png?api-version=1.0&layer=basic&style=main&zoom=6&x=10&y=22

Sample Response

Status code:

200

Content-Type: image/png

Response Body

"{file}"

Definitions

Name	Description
ErrorAdditionalInfo	The resource management error additional info.
ErrorDetail	The error detail.
ErrorResponse	Error response
LocalizedMapView	The View parameter (also called the "user region" parameter) allows you to show the correct maps for a certain country/region for geopolitically disputed regions. Different countries/regions have different views of such regions, and the View parameter allows your application to comply with the view required by the country/region your application will be serving. By default, the View parameter is set to “Unified” even if you haven’t defined it in the request. It is your responsibility to determine the location of your users, and then set the View parameter correctly for that location. Alternatively, you have the option to set ‘View=Auto’, which will return the map data based on the IP address of the request. The View parameter in Azure Maps must be used in compliance with applicable laws, including those regarding mapping, of the country/region where maps, images and other data and third party content that you are authorized to access via Azure Maps is made available. Example: view=IN. Please refer to Supported Views for details and to see the available Views.
MapTileLayer	Map layer requested. Possible values are basic, hybrid, labels and terra.
MapTileSize	The size of the returned map tile in pixels.
MapTileStyle	Map style to be returned. Possible values are main, dark, and shaded_relief.
TileFormat	Desired format of the response. Possible values are png & pbf.

ErrorAdditionalInfo

The resource management error additional info.

Name	Type	Description
info	object	The additional info.
type	string	The additional info type.

ErrorDetail

The error detail.

Name	Type	Description
additionalInfo	ErrorAdditionalInfo[]	The error additional info.
code	string	The error code.
details	ErrorDetail[]	The error details.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The error target.

ErrorResponse

Error response

Name	Type	Description
error	ErrorDetail	The error object.

LocalizedMapView

The View parameter (also called the "user region" parameter) allows you to show the correct maps for a certain country/region for geopolitically disputed regions. Different countries/regions have different views of such regions, and the View parameter allows your application to comply with the view required by the country/region your application will be serving. By default, the View parameter is set to “Unified” even if you haven’t defined it in the request. It is your responsibility to determine the location of your users, and then set the View parameter correctly for that location. Alternatively, you have the option to set ‘View=Auto’, which will return the map data based on the IP address of the request. The View parameter in Azure Maps must be used in compliance with applicable laws, including those regarding mapping, of the country/region where maps, images and other data and third party content that you are authorized to access via Azure Maps is made available. Example: view=IN.

Please refer to Supported Views for details and to see the available Views.

Name	Type	Description
AE	string	United Arab Emirates (Arabic View)
AR	string	Argentina (Argentinian View)
Auto	string	Return the map data based on the IP address of the request.
BH	string	Bahrain (Arabic View)
IN	string	India (Indian View)
IQ	string	Iraq (Arabic View)
JO	string	Jordan (Arabic View)
KW	string	Kuwait (Arabic View)
LB	string	Lebanon (Arabic View)
MA	string	Morocco (Moroccan View)
OM	string	Oman (Arabic View)
PK	string	Pakistan (Pakistani View)
PS	string	Palestinian Authority (Arabic View)
QA	string	Qatar (Arabic View)
SA	string	Saudi Arabia (Arabic View)
SY	string	Syria (Arabic View)
Unified	string	Unified View (Others)
YE	string	Yemen (Arabic View)

MapTileLayer

Map layer requested. Possible values are basic, hybrid, labels and terra.

Name	Type	Description
basic	string	Returns a tile containing all map features including polygons, borders, roads and labels.
hybrid	string	Returns a tile containing borders, roads, and labels, and can be overlaid on other tiles (such as satellite imagery) to produce hybrid tiles.
labels	string	Returns a tile of just the map's label information.
terra	string	Map canvas complete with shaded relief tiles. Zoom levels 0-6 (inclusive) are supported. Png is the only supported TileFormat and only available MapTileSize is 512.

MapTileSize

The size of the returned map tile in pixels.

Name	Type	Description
256	string	Return a 256 by 256 pixel tile.
512	string	Return a 512 by 512 pixel tile.

MapTileStyle

Map style to be returned. Possible values are main, dark, and shaded_relief.

Name	Type	Description
dark	string	Dark grey version of the Azure Maps main style. PNG is the only supported TileFormat.
main	string	Azure Maps main style
shaded_relief	string	Azure Maps main style completed with shaded relief. Supported by Layer terra.

TileFormat

Desired format of the response. Possible values are png & pbf.

Name	Type	Description
pbf	string	Vector graphic in the pbf format. Supports zoom levels 0 through 22.
png	string	An image in the png format. Supports zoom levels 0 through 18.