Raster and vector tile layers: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:53, 5 July 2026

From v1.19 onwards, the game supports displaying raster and vector tile layers from an external source.

Description	URL	Settings
Google Maps Roads	https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=m&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}
Google Maps Satellite	https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=s&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}
Google Maps Hybrid (satellite+road)	https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=y&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}
ESRI Satellite Imagery	https://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer/tile/{z}/{y}/{x}?blankTile=false
UK - National Library of Scotland historic maps	See instructions at https://maps.nls.uk/guides/georeferencing/layers-urls/ . Some layers require a MapTiler account. Do not post any MapTiler links containing your API key here.
OpenRailwayMap	https://tiles.openrailwaymap.org/standard/{z}/{x}/{y}.png . Note that this version of ORM has severe performance and/or rate limiting issues. Vector sources using in-game data or https://openrailwaymap.app would be better.
OpenStreetMap pre-rendered	https://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
Mapterhorn hillshade	https://tiles.mapterhorn.com/tilejson.json

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 | UK - National Library of Scotland historic maps || See instructions at https://maps.nls.uk/guides/georeferencing/layers-urls/ . Some layers require a MapTiler account. '''Do not post any MapTiler links containing your API key here.'''
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-| OpenRailwayMap || https://tiles.openrailwaymap.org/standard/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
+| OpenRailwayMap || https://tiles.openrailwaymap.org/standard/{z}/{x}/{y}.png . Note that this version of ORM has severe performance and/or rate limiting issues. Vector sources using in-game data or https://openrailwaymap.app would be better.
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 | OpenStreetMap pre-rendered || https://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png