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We're proud to offer long-term support for the maps, basemap designs, and the vector and terrain tile data that have powered Mapzen's cartography. To enjoy the maps into the future, past Mapzen's early 2018 shutdown, you'll need to sign up for a Nextzen API key today, and make a few updates to your projects.

Generally speaking you'll need to swap mapzen.com for nextzen.org, and include the www subdomain in URL paths.

Vector Tile Endpoints

https://tile.nextzen.org/tilezen/vector/v1/{tilesize}/all/{z}/{x}/{y}.mvt?api_key=your-nextzen-api-key
https://tile.nextzen.org/tilezen/vector/v1/512/all/{z}/{x}/{y}.mvt?api_key=your-nextzen-api-key
https://tile.nextzen.org/tilezen/vector/v1/256/all/{z}/{x}/{y}.mvt?api_key=your-nextzen-api-key
https://tile.nextzen.org/tilezen/vector/v1/all/{z}/{x}/{y}.mvt?api_key=your-nextzen-api-key

Terrain Tile Endpoints

https://tile.nextzen.org/tilezen/terrain/v1/{tilesize}/terrarium/{z}/{x}/{y}.png?api_key=your-nextzen-api-key
https://tile.nextzen.org/tilezen/terrain/v1/{tilesize}/normal/{z}/{x}/{y}.png?api_key=your-nextzen-api-key
https://tile.nextzen.org/tilezen/terrain/v1/geotiff/{z}/{x}/{y}.tif?api_key=your-nextzen-api-key
https://tile.nextzen.org/tilezen/terrain/v1/skadi/{N|S}{y}/{N|S}{y}{E|W}{x}.hgt.gz?api_key=your-nextzen-api-key

Tangram JS Library

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.nextzen.org/tangram/0.15/tangram.min.js"></script>

Basemap Resources

https://www.nextzen.org/carto/bubble-wrap-style/10/bubble-wrap-style.zip
https://www.nextzen.org/carto/cinnabar-style/10/cinnabar-style.zip
https://www.nextzen.org/carto/refill-style/12/refill-style.zip
https://www.nextzen.org/carto/tron-style/6/tron-style.zip
https://www.nextzen.org/carto/walkabout-style/8/walkabout-style.zip
https://www.nextzen.org/carto/sdk-default-style/1.1/sdk-default-style.zip

Basemaps last major update: 2018-12-05

TileJSON Endpoints

Nextzen Tiles expose Tile JSON documents for tools that support them. For example:

https://tile.nextzen.org/tilezen/vector/v1/all/tilejson.mvt.json
https://tile.nextzen.org/tilezen/vector/v1/512/all/tilejson.geojson.json

Using Nextzen tiles with earlier basemap versions

If you need to keep a basemap pegged at an earlier version it's possible to mix and match tile sources and basemap versions. Below we import the last major version of the Bubble Wrap style pre-Mapzen shutdown but source map data from Nextzen's tile endpoint and specify a new API key. The example is given in Tangram JS and Leaflet syntax:

var layer = Tangram.leafletLayer({
  scene: {
    import: [
      'https://www.nextzen.org/carto/bubble-wrap-style/8/bubble-wrap-style.zip',
      'https://www.nextzen.org/carto/bubble-wrap-style/8/themes/label-10.zip'
    ],
    sources: {
      mapzen: {
        url: 'https://{s}.tile.nextzen.org/tilezen/vector/v1/512/all/{z}/{x}/{y}.mvt',
        url_subdomains: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'],
        url_params: {
            api_key: 'your-nextzen-api-key'
        },
        tile_size: 512,
        max_zoom: 16
      }
    }
  },
  attribution: '<a href="https://mapzen.com/tangram" target="_blank">Tangram</a> | <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright" target="_blank">© OpenStreetMap contributors</a> | <a href="https://www.nextzen.com/" target="_blank">Nextzen</a>'
});