org.geotools.tile

Class TileIdentifier

Object

TileIdentifier

Direct Known Subclasses:

BingTileIdentifier, OSMTileIdentifier

public abstract class TileIdentifier
extends Object

A TileIdentifier locates a tile in the grid space of a given tile server by giving its column, row and zoom level. The main responsibility of a TileIdentifier is to translate the grid values (zoom, x, y) into a "code" using an algorithm which denotes the tile in a given server implementation.

For example, OpenStreetMap identifies the tile by z/x/y.png; Bing Maps uses a quad key representation.
This class formerly known as "WMTTileName".

Since:

12

Author:

Tobias Sauerwein, Ugo Taddei

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TileIdentifier(int x, int y, ZoomLevel zoomLevel, String serviceName)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static int	arithmeticMod(int a, int b) Arithmetic implementation of modulo, as the Java implementation of modulo can return negative values.
boolean	equals(Object other)
abstract String	getCode() Gets the code of a tile.
abstract String	getId() Gets the id of a tile, which can be used for caching purposes.
abstract TileIdentifier	getLowerNeighbour()
abstract TileIdentifier	getRightNeighbour()
String	getServiceName()
int	getX() Gets the column value of a tile.
int	getY() Gets the row value of a tile.
int	getZ() Gets the zoom level (aka "level of detail").
ZoomLevel	getZoomLevel() Gets the row value of a tile.
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TileIdentifier

public TileIdentifier(int x,
                      int y,
                      ZoomLevel zoomLevel,
                      String serviceName)

Method Detail

getZ

public int getZ()

Gets the zoom level (aka "level of detail").

Most tile services offer zoom level in the range between 0 (whole world) to 22 (street level). The exact range depends on the service implementation

Returns:

the zoom level

getX

public int getX()

Gets the column value of a tile.

Returns:

getY

public int getY()

Gets the row value of a tile.

Returns:

getZoomLevel

public ZoomLevel getZoomLevel()

Gets the row value of a tile.

Returns:

getServiceName

public String getServiceName()

arithmeticMod

public static final int arithmeticMod(int a,
                                      int b)

Arithmetic implementation of modulo, as the Java implementation of modulo can return negative values.

 arithmeticMod(-1, 8) = 7
 

Parameters:

a -

b -

Returns:

the positive remainder

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getId

public abstract String getId()

Gets the id of a tile, which can be used for caching purposes.

The id is a file-friendly name (that is, should contains no special characters such as ".", "/", etc. The id should be build from the code (which also uniquely identifies a tile, but, in some service implementation may contain file-unfriendly characters (e.g. OpenStreetMap: 5/16/10.png).

When building an id, you should use the service name as a prefix (e.g. for OpenStreetMap: "Mapnik", "CycleMap"; Bing Maps: "Road", "Hybrid"; etc) and suffix the id with a file-friendly string (e.g. OpenStreetMap: "Mapnik_X_Y_Z").

Returns:

getCode

public abstract String getCode()

Gets the code of a tile.

The id is a string which uniquely identifies a tile. In some service implementations this is a quadkey (e.g. Bing Maps: "03123") or the fragment of the tile image (e.g. OpenStreetMap: 5/16/10.png, for Z/X/Y.png).

Returns:

the code

getRightNeighbour

public abstract TileIdentifier getRightNeighbour()

getLowerNeighbour

public abstract TileIdentifier getLowerNeighbour()