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Ordnance Survey Tiling Schemes API

The Tiling Schemes API from Ordnance Survey — 2 operation(s) for tiling schemes.

Ordnance Survey Tiling Schemes API is one of 25 APIs that Ordnance Survey publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Tiling Schemes. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v1.8.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.os.uk/maps/vector/ngd/ota/v1.

2 operations 2 paths 8 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v1.8
Base URL
https://api.os.uk/features/ngd/ofa/v1
Authentication
API Key, API Key, OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

Ordnance Survey Tiling Schemes API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as key (api-key). An API key is passed in the header as key (api-key-header). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the clientCredentials flow.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Tiling Schemes 2
GET
/tilematrixsets
Retrieve the list of available tiling schemes (tile matrix sets)
getTileMatrixSetsList → 200400404405406500504
GET
/tilematrixsets/{tileMatrixSetId}
Retrieve the definition of the specified tiling scheme (tile matrix set)
getTileMatrixSet 1 param → 200400404405406500504

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are tileMatrix (9 properties), exceptionDto (8 properties), link (8 properties), tileMatrixSet (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TileMatrixSets
string
exceptionDto
object
JSON schema for exceptions based on RFC 7807
8 properties 1 required
tileMatrixSet
object
A definition of a tile matrix set following the Tile Matrix Set standard. For tileset metadata, such a description (in tileMatrixSet property) is only required…
7 properties 2 required
tileMatrix
object
A tile matrix, usually corresponding to a particular zoom level of a TileMatrixSet.
9 properties 8 required
crs
string
Reference to one coordinate reference system (CRS)
tileMatrixSet-item
object
A minimal tile matrix set element for use within a list of tile matrix sets linking to a full definition.
5 properties 1 required
getTileMatrixSetsList_200_response
object
1 property
link
object
8 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ordnance-survey-tiling-schemes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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