Connecting to custom tile server

[domagojhack]

Me again, I keep getting into the intricacies of EOmaps. Here I am asking about connecting to custom tile servers.

Actually, I managed to set up a private server that serves OpenStreetMap data for my application. I only see instructions to connect to WMS-type providers using GetCapabilites.xml links in docs. My server serves tiles in the following matter:

http://myserver.serv/hot/{x}/{y}/{z}.png

In the source, (_webmap.py) I see there are some classes referring to XYZ data and maybe could be used to load up such data but I can not wrap my head around how to access them from the m EOmaps object. How can I do this?

[raphaelquast]

Hey,
good question... I never tried to use a local server but in theory it should work just as any other server...
(if you have a nice overview on how to setup local tileservers, I'd love to get a look!)

Basically you should be able to use m.add_wms.get_service to get a WebMap object for your url and then use it just as any other WebMap service.
(check the docs on Using custom webmap services and m.add_wms.get_service )

If all goes well, that should work:

m = Maps(Maps.CRS.GOOGLE_MERCATOR)
service = m.add_wms.get_service("http://myserver.serv/hot/{x}/{y}/{z}.png", service_type="xyz")
service.add_layer.xyz_layer()

[domagojhack]

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I tried already like this but got some mixed results. Now I realized that my server link is actually different.
Instead of http://myserver.serv/hot/{x}/{y}/{z}.png it is http://myserver.serv/hot/{z}/{x}/{y}.png

Full minimal working example is:

from eomaps import Maps

m = Maps()

service = m.add_wms.get_service(
    "http://yourserver.server/hot/{z}/{x}/{y}.png",
    service_type="xyz")

service.add_layer.xyz_layer()

m.show()

To set up my private OSM server I used the switch2osm framework. I had to do a bit of tinkering but it is doable in one day.

[raphaelquast]

Great! Nice to see that things are working properly for offline OSM-tileservers! (I'll definitely have to checkout swith2osm as well 😅 )