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Add a raster tile source

This example adds third-party raster tiles to a map by defining a custom style.

The style defines a raster source with an external URL template for the tiles parameter. The source is used by a raster layer.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Add a raster tile source</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<link href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.2.0/mapbox-gl.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.2.0/mapbox-gl.js"></script>
<style>
body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<script>
// TO MAKE THE MAP APPEAR YOU MUST
// ADD YOUR ACCESS TOKEN FROM
// https://account.mapbox.com
mapboxgl.accessToken = 'YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN';
const map = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: 'map', // container ID
style: {
'version': 8,
'sources': {
'raster-tiles': {
'type': 'raster',
'tiles': ['https://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png'],
'tileSize': 256,
'attribution':
'&copy; <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors'
}
},
'layers': [
{
'id': 'simple-tiles',
'type': 'raster',
'source': 'raster-tiles',
'minzoom': 0,
'maxzoom': 22
}
]
},
center: [-74.5, 40], // starting position
zoom: 2 // starting zoom
});
</script>

</body>
</html>
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