Handy GPS - Tile server URLs
You can find a list of some of the available tile servers here.
NOTE: Some tile servers now require a paid registration to use them. If you have paid to use a tile server, they will usually issue you a unique API key which you can include in the URL for the tile server that you enter into Handy GPS.
Australian topo map servers
- New South Wales: http://maps.six.nsw.gov.au/arcgis/rest/services/public/NSW_Topo_Map/MapServer/tile/{z}/{y}/{x}/jpg (zoom levels 5..16)
- Victoria: https://emapdev.ffm.vic.gov.au/arcgis/rest/services/mapscape_mercator/MapServer/tile/{z}/{y}/{x}
- Queensland: https://spatial-gis.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/services/Basemaps/QldMap_Topo/MapServer/tile/{z}/{y}/{x}
- South Australia: https://maps.sa.gov.au/arcgis/rest/services/BaseMaps/Topographic_wmas/MapServer/tile/{z}/{y}/{x}
- Tasmania: https://services.thelist.tas.gov.au/arcgis/rest/services/Basemaps/Topographic/MapServer/tile/{z}/{y}/{x}
- Australia wide (up to zoom level 12 only): https://services.ga.gov.au/gis/rest/services/Topographic_Base_Map/MapServer/tile/{z}/{y}/{x}
Topo map servers for other countries
- World: ArcGIS world topo map: http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Physical_Map/MapServer/tile/{z}/{y}/{x}.png (meta data)
- US: http://caltopo.s3.amazonaws.com/topo/{z}/{x}/{y}.png (Zoom levels 2..16)
- New Zealand: After a free registration at https://data.linz.govt.nz/my/api/ you can get an API key. You can then use the following URL, where YOUR_API_KEY is the value provided by LINZ:
http://tiles-a.data-cdn.linz.govt.nz/services;key=YOUR_API_KEY/tiles/v4/layer=767/EPSG:3857/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
- Open Topo Maps (world wide)
https://a.tile.opentopomap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png or
https://b.tile.opentopomap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png or
https://c.tile.opentopomap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
Examples of topo maps from these tile servers are shown below. From left to right they are: NSW, Australia; New Zealand; Alaska, USA (CalTopo); and Washington State, USA (CalTopo).
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