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LINZ Basemaps

Official New Zealand basemap viewer

Made by LINZ (Land Information New Zealand)

The map in LINZ Basemaps
The map in LINZ Basemaps

Official New Zealand basemap viewer from Land Information New Zealand, which hosts high-resolution aerial imagery and vector tiles. Tiles are served through XYZ, WMTS, and StyleJSON APIs, with data under CC BY 4.0.

How LINZ Basemaps uses MapLibre

The LINZ Basemaps public viewer and embed links run on MapLibre GL JS, and the docs include a MapLibre vector map example.

What LINZ Basemaps offers you

  • XYZ, WMTS and StyleJSON tile APIs for New Zealand maps
  • Download vector tiles as MBTiles through the export endpoint
  • Basemap data licensed for reuse under CC BY 4.0
  • MapLibre vector map example and vector tile schema docs
  • Tile server open source under MIT, can serve your GeoTIFFs

From basemaps.linz.govt.nz, github.com

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