Maps

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Dynamic and Static Maps

Maps APIs provides two ways to access your maps.

  • Dynamic Maps to have interaction with our maps in raster or vectoriel. Also known as WMTS (Web Map Tile Service).
  • Static Maps to have a simple map as an image without interaction.

Maps preview

If you want to share a preview of your map, use this endpoint.

https://api.jawg.io/styles/your-style-id.html?access-token=your-jawg-access-token&lang={lang}&raster=true
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scheme     domain            style ID                        authentication token     language      preview type
  • style ID: your style ID or one of our default styles or your custom style from the lab.
  • authentication token: create your access token on the lab.
  • language (optional): for raster tiles (png) you will get tiles in your language, but you can force the desired one via query parameter. Valid values are de, en, es, fr, it, ja, ko, nl, ru, zh. You can use int for international map.
  • preview type (optional): choose your preview in raster or vector. Valid values are false (default), true