Overview

Airspace Link, Inc. now offers vector tiles! You have your choice between our pre-styled endpoint or the raw tile endpoint. Our tiles will work with any map libary that can consume MVT format vector tiles.

NOTE

These API endpoints have a separate URL domain from our other API endpoints: https://tiles.airspacelink.com

When people say "vector tiles", they almost always mean tiles in a data format called Mapbox Vector Tiles or MVT. The Mapbox Vector Tile Specification defines this file format. Mapbox also offers a guide with visuals explaining how the format works.

At a high level, MVT tiles provide an efficient binary encoding for map features. Features have geometries (which can be points, lines, or polygons, similar to GeoJSON) and may also have attributes (key-value pairs, where keys are strings and values are strings, ints, floats, or booleans). MVT provides a compact binary encoding of this data, based on the Protobuf binary serialization format.

The pre-styled endpoint returns JSON definition language for the visualization of vector tile layers. We use style definitions specified by MapLibre. You may also reference our style as a starting point and override where you see fit.

API Key

Our vector tile services are secured by API keys. Each key is a uinique alphanumeric string that associates to your billing account.

Please Contact us to obtain your API key.

Available Vector Tile Sets

FAA

Update frequency: 24 hours

Style name: faa-dark
Example URL: https://tiles.airspacelink.com/styles/faa-dark/style.json?key={key}

Tile service: faa
Example URL: https://tile.airspacelink.com/tile/service=faa/faa/{z}/{x}/{y}.mvt?key={key}

Example overlaid on a dark basemap:

Included layer categories:

Category
Airports
Controlled Airspace Boundary (UASFM Grids)
Washington DC FRZ
Special Use Airspace (SUA)
Part 93 Special Air Traffic Area
Military Training Routes (MTR)
Full Time National Security UAS Flight Restrictions (NSUFR)
Part Time National Security UAS Flight Restrictions (NSUFR)
Notice to Air Missions (NOTAMs)
FAA UAS Recreational Sites
Stadium (3 Nautical Mile Radius)
FAA Recognized Identification Areas (FRIA)
FAA Obstacles

Insights

Update frequency: yearly/quarterly depending on changes to source

Style name: insights-dark
Example URL: https://tiles.airspacelink.com/styles/insights-dark/style.json?key={key}

Tile service: insignts
Example URL: https://tile.airspacelink.com/tile/service=insights/insights/{z}/{x}/{y}.mvt?key={key}

Example overlaid on a dark basemap:

Included layer categories:

Category
Daytime Population Density
Stadiums
Childcare Facilities
Educational Facilities
National Parks
Local Parks
Electrical Transmission Lines
Electrical Facilities
Railroad Tracks
Balloon, Glide, Ultralight Ports
Helipads
Wind Turbines
FCC Towers
Military Installations
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Correctional Faciclities
Fire Stations
Hospitals
Veterans Health Facilities
Police Stations
Justice Buildings
Government Buildings
Capitol Buildings