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# Retrieve MVT Source

| **Description** | Retrieves the source file for the Ellipsis Drive implementation of the Mapbox Vector Tile protocol. |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Endpoint**    | `/ogc/mvt/{pathId}/source?token={token}&zoom={zoom}&timestampId={timestampId}`                      |
| **Method**      | GET                                                                                                 |

## Access Level Rules

| **Minimum Access Level** | view |
| ------------------------ | ---- |

## Processing Units

| **Minimum processing units** | None |
| ---------------------------- | ---- |

## Parameters

| Name          | Type | Description                 | Required | Default       |
| ------------- | ---- | --------------------------- | -------- | ------------- |
| `pathId`      | uuid | The id of the vector layer. | true     |               |
| `timestampId` | uuid | The id of the timestamp.    | true     |               |
| `zoom`        | int  | Max zoomlevel of the layer. | false    | Default null. |