Map Tiles
Overview
For mapping applications, Sofar Ocean provides a map tile server that returns a raster tile with visual representations of select variables. The raster tile PNG images returned by this endpoint can be used to visualize a digital slippy map using third party mapping libraries. For example, libraries such as Leaflet.js or Mapbox.js.
More information on the specific tile format and the slippy map specification can be found on the Open Street Map wiki.
Endpoint
Retrieve a map tile representation of weather data
GET
https://api.sofarocean.com/marine-weather/v1/models/:model/tile/:zoom/:x/:y.png
Returns 256 pixel x 256 pixel PNG images of raster marine weather data.
Path Parameters
Query Parameters
Additional Information
Supported Variables
The Map Tiles endpoint supports raster tile requests for the following variables:
significantWaveHeight
meanPeriod
peakPeriod
significantWaveHeightWindWaves
peakPeriodWindWaves
significantWaveHeightFirstSwell
peakPeriodFirstSwell
significantWaveHeightSecondSwell
peakPeriodSecondSwell
significantWaveHeightThirdSwell
peakPeriodThirdSwell
Colormap Options
Examples
Valid examples and their corresponding responses are available on the Map Tiles examples page.
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