Help Center
Short examples and articles to help our users.
Getting Started
Use your API credentials to start using our microservices.
Map Tools
Modular geospatial tools that evolve alongside your data.
Add some character to your custom vector tiles with an intuitive style editor.
Topo Map Tiles
Fast map tile delivery for all 60,000 USGS Topo maps. Zoom and pan across a nationally updated USGS Topo map.
Terrain Tiles
Our hillshade, slope and aspect map tiles give your webmap 3D content.
Display our customizable terrain tiles in a map using the Leaflet JavaScript library.
Allow end-users to set colors of regions by elevation
Simple example of aspect, hillshade and slope centered on Mount Fuji.
Hillshade is a simple and beautiful way to bring a map to life and give a 3D impression of terrain.
This simple example shows the slope of the coastline in a large park.
Allow an end-user to set a slope threshold, such as 20 degrees, and recolor the map to show all regions with a slope greater than 20 degrees.