Semantic Tile API

googleapis · Analytics

Analytics No Auth Free & Open analytics media

Serves vector tiles containing geospatial data.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET vectortile.terraintiles.get

Gets a terrain tile by its tile resource name.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vectortile/v1/v1/{name}?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example&quotaUser=example&regionCode=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&languageCode=example&terrainFormats=example&upload_protocol=example&clientInfo.userId=example&enablePrivateRoads=true&clientInfo.platform=PLATFORM_UNSPECIFIED&clientInfo.apiClient=example&enableModeledVolumes=true&clientInfo.deviceModel=example&enablePoliticalFeatures=true&clientInfo.applicationId=example&enableUnclippedBuildings=true&clientInfo.operatingSystem=example&maxElevationResolutionCells=1&minElevationResolutionCells=1&altitudePrecisionCentimeters=1&clientInfo.applicationVersion=example

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vectortile/v1/v1/{name}?alt=json&key=YOUR_API_KEY&fields=example&$.xgafv=1&callback=example&quotaUser=example&regionCode=example&uploadType=example&oauth_token=example&prettyPrint=true&access_token=example&languageCode=example&terrainFormats=example&upload_protocol=example&clientInfo.userId=example&enablePrivateRoads=true&clientInfo.platform=PLATFORM_UNSPECIFIED&clientInfo.apiClient=example&enableModeledVolumes=true&clientInfo.deviceModel=example&enablePoliticalFeatures=true&clientInfo.applicationId=example&enableUnclippedBuildings=true&clientInfo.operatingSystem=example&maxElevationResolutionCells=1&minElevationResolutionCells=1&altitudePrecisionCentimeters=1&clientInfo.applicationVersion=example"

import requests
params = {
    "alt": "json",
    "key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "fields": "example",
    "$.xgafv": "1",
    "callback": "example",
    "quotaUser": "example",
    "regionCode": "example",
    "uploadType": "example",
    "oauth_token": "example",
    "prettyPrint": "true",
    "access_token": "example",
    "languageCode": "example",
    "terrainFormats": "example",
    "upload_protocol": "example",
    "clientInfo.userId": "example",
    "enablePrivateRoads": "true",
    "clientInfo.platform": "PLATFORM_UNSPECIFIED",
    "clientInfo.apiClient": "example",
    "enableModeledVolumes": "true",
    "clientInfo.deviceModel": "example",
    "enablePoliticalFeatures": "true",
    "clientInfo.applicationId": "example",
    "enableUnclippedBuildings": "true",
    "clientInfo.operatingSystem": "example",
    "maxElevationResolutionCells": "1",
    "minElevationResolutionCells": "1",
    "altitudePrecisionCentimeters": "1",
    "clientInfo.applicationVersion": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vectortile/v1/v1/{name}",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vectortile/v1/v1/{name}');
url.searchParams.set('alt', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('fields', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('$.xgafv', '1');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('quotaUser', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('regionCode', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('uploadType', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('oauth_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('prettyPrint', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('access_token', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('languageCode', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('terrainFormats', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('upload_protocol', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('clientInfo.userId', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('enablePrivateRoads', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('clientInfo.platform', 'PLATFORM_UNSPECIFIED');
url.searchParams.set('clientInfo.apiClient', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('enableModeledVolumes', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('clientInfo.deviceModel', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('enablePoliticalFeatures', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('clientInfo.applicationId', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('enableUnclippedBuildings', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('clientInfo.operatingSystem', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('maxElevationResolutionCells', '1');
url.searchParams.set('minElevationResolutionCells', '1');
url.searchParams.set('altitudePrecisionCentimeters', '1');
url.searchParams.set('clientInfo.applicationVersion', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vectortile/v1/v1/{name}")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("alt", "json")
	q.Set("key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	q.Set("fields", "example")
	q.Set("$.xgafv", "1")
	q.Set("callback", "example")
	q.Set("quotaUser", "example")
	q.Set("regionCode", "example")
	q.Set("uploadType", "example")
	q.Set("oauth_token", "example")
	q.Set("prettyPrint", "true")
	q.Set("access_token", "example")
	q.Set("languageCode", "example")
	q.Set("terrainFormats", "example")
	q.Set("upload_protocol", "example")
	q.Set("clientInfo.userId", "example")
	q.Set("enablePrivateRoads", "true")
	q.Set("clientInfo.platform", "PLATFORM_UNSPECIFIED")
	q.Set("clientInfo.apiClient", "example")
	q.Set("enableModeledVolumes", "true")
	q.Set("clientInfo.deviceModel", "example")
	q.Set("enablePoliticalFeatures", "true")
	q.Set("clientInfo.applicationId", "example")
	q.Set("enableUnclippedBuildings", "true")
	q.Set("clientInfo.operatingSystem", "example")
	q.Set("maxElevationResolutionCells", "1")
	q.Set("minElevationResolutionCells", "1")
	q.Set("altitudePrecisionCentimeters", "1")
	q.Set("clientInfo.applicationVersion", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vectortile/v1/v1/{name}")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "alt" => "json",
  "key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "fields" => "example",
  "$.xgafv" => "1",
  "callback" => "example",
  "quotaUser" => "example",
  "regionCode" => "example",
  "uploadType" => "example",
  "oauth_token" => "example",
  "prettyPrint" => "true",
  "access_token" => "example",
  "languageCode" => "example",
  "terrainFormats" => "example",
  "upload_protocol" => "example",
  "clientInfo.userId" => "example",
  "enablePrivateRoads" => "true",
  "clientInfo.platform" => "PLATFORM_UNSPECIFIED",
  "clientInfo.apiClient" => "example",
  "enableModeledVolumes" => "true",
  "clientInfo.deviceModel" => "example",
  "enablePoliticalFeatures" => "true",
  "clientInfo.applicationId" => "example",
  "enableUnclippedBuildings" => "true",
  "clientInfo.operatingSystem" => "example",
  "maxElevationResolutionCells" => "1",
  "minElevationResolutionCells" => "1",
  "altitudePrecisionCentimeters" => "1",
  "clientInfo.applicationVersion" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/googleapis.com/vectortile/v1/v1/{name}?" . http_build_query([
    "alt" => "json",
    "key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "fields" => "example",
    "$.xgafv" => "1",
    "callback" => "example",
    "quotaUser" => "example",
    "regionCode" => "example",
    "uploadType" => "example",
    "oauth_token" => "example",
    "prettyPrint" => "true",
    "access_token" => "example",
    "languageCode" => "example",
    "terrainFormats" => "example",
    "upload_protocol" => "example",
    "clientInfo.userId" => "example",
    "enablePrivateRoads" => "true",
    "clientInfo.platform" => "PLATFORM_UNSPECIFIED",
    "clientInfo.apiClient" => "example",
    "enableModeledVolumes" => "true",
    "clientInfo.deviceModel" => "example",
    "enablePoliticalFeatures" => "true",
    "clientInfo.applicationId" => "example",
    "enableUnclippedBuildings" => "true",
    "clientInfo.operatingSystem" => "example",
    "maxElevationResolutionCells" => "1",
    "minElevationResolutionCells" => "1",
    "altitudePrecisionCentimeters" => "1",
    "clientInfo.applicationVersion" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with Semantic Tile API?

Semantic Tile API is a Analytics API. Developers commonly use analytics APIs for:

tracking product usage and user behaviour
building custom reporting and BI dashboards
measuring marketing and campaign performance
running funnel, retention, and cohort analysis
aggregating metrics from multiple data sources

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