🌍Adding external layers

Ellipsis Drive supports connecting external geospatial services directly into your maps.

You can use external layers to visualise and combine data from third-party sources without importing or storing the data in your account.

Supported service types include:

• WMS

• WMTS

• XYZ

• WFS

• Vector Tiles

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Adding an external layer

To connect an external service:

1. Go to Layers → Browse in the viewer sidebar

2. Under Base Layers, select Add external layer

3. Choose the service type

4. Enter or paste the service URL

5. Select the dataset from the service response

6. Provide a display name and confirm

The layer is then added to your base layers list and can be added to your map view.

Using external layers in your map

Once added, external layers behave like standard map layers:

• they can be toggled on and off

• they can be combined with internal layers

• they can be saved in bookmarks as part of a map view

Available external layer examples

Below is a curated list of publicly available WMTS, WMS, and WFS services that can be used in Ellipsis Drive.

These examples are provided for convenience and testing purposes.

You can switch between WMTS, WMS, and WFS tabs to explore available datasets.

WMTS

Country-Specific: The Netherlands

Aerial imagery (very high resolution)

Aerial Imagery 2020 url:https://geodata.nationaalgeoregister.nl/luchtfoto/rgb/wmts/2016_ortho25/EPSG:3857/{z}/{x}/{y}.jpeg max zoom: 19

Aerial Imagery 2019 url:https://geodata.nationaalgeoregister.nl/luchtfoto/rgb/wmts/2019_ortho25/EPSG:3857/{z}/{x}/{y}.jpeg max zoom: 19

Aerial Imagery 2018 url:https://geodata.nationaalgeoregister.nl/luchtfoto/rgb/wmts/2018_ortho25/EPSG:3857/{z}/{x}/{y}.jpeg max zoom: 19

Aerial Imagery 2017 url:https://geodata.nationaalgeoregister.nl/luchtfoto/rgb/wmts/2017_ortho25/EPSG:3857/{z}/{x}/{y}.jpeg max zoom: 19

Aerial Imagery 2016 url:https://geodata.nationaalgeoregister.nl/luchtfoto/rgb/wmts/2016_ortho25/EPSG:3857/{z}/{x}/{y}.jpeg max zoom: 19

Country-Specific: The Netherlands

Land Administration

WMTS National geo registry: BGT url:https://geodata.nationaalgeoregister.nl/tiles/service/wmts/brtachtergrondkaart/EPSG:3857/{z}/{x}/{y}.png maxZoom: 19

WMS

WFS

Contribute to this list

If you know of additional open geospatial services that could be useful, you can suggest them for inclusion.

Contact: [e-mail].