Map tiles

In May 2020 methods used for switching to between vector and raster tiles got deprecated and will be removed after one year. From that point to display raster tiles it will be required to reload the style to one which contains raster layers. Before deprecation period is over map is still going to be initialized with the style that contains Raster and Vector tiles. However to prepare yourself for the migration please check how to init map that is described here.

In order to display a map, you need to provide a map style file which includes information required to render a map. Sources include information about types of tiles (e.g. raster or vector) and the URL(s) for the tile service(s), for more information have look at Map Style Specification. The default map display in Maps SDK is based on vector tiles, so it utilizes a map style file which sets the URL to Vector Tile endpoint. The default style file for the map and traffic display is fetched from the Style Merger. It is also possible to display a map with raster tiles in Maps SDK. In order to do that, you need to provide a map style defining the raster type and the raster tiles endpoint URL. This style must be loaded into the Maps SDK. This example provides a simple map JSON style file sheet that can be used to display TomTom raster tiles and shows how to use a style in Maps SDK.

Allow your users to display the map in either raster or vector format:

• Raster tiles are served as images. They require less processing power and memory to render, but have a larger file size than vector tiles.
• Vector tiles take the form of data that describe map entries such as geographic points, forests, lakes, built up areas (as polygons), and roads (as lines). They are styled by means of a style sheet. Vector tiles can be scaled to different sizes without losing quality. The file size of vector tiles is smaller than that of raster tiles.

Sample use case 1: Your app is designed to use raster tiles for map display. You want to update the app with the TomTom Map Display API raster tiles.

Sample use case 2: You want to take advantage of vector tile features such as map 2.5 D perspective, custom map styles, etc.

Sample use case 3: Your app runs on devices with different capabilities. You want to use vector tiles for map display on powerful devices and raster tiles on devices with less processing power.

Use the following code snippets in your app to display the map with raster or vector tiles.

let configuration = TTMapStyleConfigurationBuilder.create(withStyleURL: "asset://../../mapssdk-raster-layers.json").build()
mapView.styleManager.load(configuration, withCompletion: nil)

TTMapStyleConfiguration *configuration = [[TTMapStyleConfigurationBuilder createWithStyleURL:@"asset://../../mapssdk-raster-layers.json"] build]
[self.mapView.styleManager loadStyleConfiguration:configuration withCompletion:nil];

let configuration = TTMapStyleConfigurationBuilder.create(withStyleURL: "asset://../../vector_style.json").build()
mapView.styleManager.load(configuration, withCompletion: nil)

TTMapStyleConfiguration *configuration = [[TTMapStyleConfigurationBuilder createWithStyleURL:@"asset://../../vector_style.json"] build];
[self.mapView.styleManager loadStyleConfiguration:configuration withCompletion:nil];