Tile Service


 * OSM-GB Tile Service provides the single layer flattened map tiles. This can used in a variety of desktop and Web applications. It can also be used as the base map in those applications.


 * The Tile Servivc provides 256x256 pixel map tiles in PNG format. This follows the Slippy Map Tilenames scheme (/{z}/{x}/{y}.png) where z is the zoom level (0-18), x and y are the tile locator on a projected map at that zoom level.

There are two separate URLs for serving the tiles in EPSG:27700 (British National Grid) and in EPSG:900913 (Google Web Mercator) projections.

In EPSG:900913 Projection

 * The URL of the service is  http://www.osmgb.org.uk/osm_tiles/{z}/{x}/{y}.png 
 * Example: http://www.osmgb.org.uk/osm_tiles/8/126/87.png
 * For OpenLayers Users: Look at the source code of this page.
 * For MapInfo: MapInfo 11.5 supports Tile Services from a number of pre-defined servers in EPSG:900913 projection e.g. Bing and OSM but it does not allow a new tile server to be added. However it is possible to manually edit the tab and xml files to redirect the map tile requests to a new URL. This is done in this template that can be used to serve tiles from OSM-GB repository (overlayed layers from OSM and OSM-GB).

In EPSG:27700 Projection

 * The URL of the service is  http://www.osmgb.org.uk/ogc/tms27700/{z}/{x}/{y}.png 
 * Example: http://www.osmgb.org.uk/ogc/tms27700/5/11/11.png
 * For OpenLayers Users: You may need to manually set the resolution matrix or resolution dpi (as described in WMS-C page). If the layer name is needed, use "OSMGB:__all__". A demonstration template is also available which includes the necessary settings in JavaScript.

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Acknowledgement
The contribution from Jonathan Moules (of Warwickshire Council) in establishing this service is highly appreciated.