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Tile Numbering Convention

Level: Beginner

The HTTP Tile API uses the Spherical Mercator projection, in which the world is approximated to a square, with a number of fixed zoom levels available. The example tile URL,

15/17599/10746.png

can be thought of as

z/x/y.png

with a 0/0 origin in the north west for every tile.