QGIS - Xyz tiles - topo servers

Question

I've installed QGIS 3 today. I found the xyz tiles option and have added e.g. google, openstreet, and ESRI Topo. These all work and show the map. Now I'm looking for a topo map, so ESRI topo is a nice starting point. Unfortunately I find it a bit blurry on the font, and the lines a bit to light.

Does someone know working XYZ topo entries? I can find some XYZ tile servers for topo, but they are often not downloading tiles

related https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/272778/will-the-openlayers-plugin-be-updated-for-qgis3/272802#272802 see the update with the python script. — Mapperz, Mar 15 '18 at 13:31
See comments above, they contain all the information to solve it. — Edgar Koster, Mar 16 '18 at 13:26

Joseph · Answer 1 · 2018-03-15T12:25:11.333

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Open Topo Map:

https://tile.opentopomap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png

Thunderforest (Landscape)

https://tile.thunderforest.com/landscape/{z}/{x}/{y}.png?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

edited Mar 15 '18 at 12:25

answered Mar 15 '18 at 11:43

Joseph

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ahh thanks, you corrected my url for it. Mine was wrong. – Edgar Koster Mar 15 '18 at 11:55
@Edgar - Most welcome! Hope it provides a clear-enough map :) – Joseph Mar 15 '18 at 11:59
Yep. I also made a free thunderforest account. Trying to get that one running now too (works with an API) – Edgar Koster Mar 15 '18 at 12:15
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@Edgar - The Thunderforest URL would be something like https://{s}.tile.thunderforest.com/landscape/{z}/{x}/{y}.png?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY. Just remove {s}.. – Joseph Mar 15 '18 at 12:26
Yep so it is. I hadn't time to post that here back yet. – Edgar Koster Mar 16 '18 at 13:25

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 27 '20 at 12:23

Try also the mapy.cz XYZ tiles.

The thread is here:

https://napoveda.seznam.cz/forum/threads/68508/1

The link to the topographic "Outdoor" version is here:

https://mapserver.mapy.cz/turist-m/{z}-{x}-{y}

It works perfectly. Sometimes you can encounter labels in the Czech language, but it's a minor problem.

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 23 '20 at 23:09

My favorite XYZ topo server is ESRI's World Hillshade, which is not included in Klas Karlsson's popular python script.

http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Elevation/World_Hillshade/MapServer/tile/{z}/{y}/{x}

I recommend setting the blending mode to "multiply" (which effectively makes the white pixels transparent) - this looks great as an overlay (as described here).

QGIS - Xyz tiles - topo servers

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