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Radar and Satellite Tile API

The Radar and Satellite Tile API is a raster tile API, which can be used with all common mapping libraries.

Basic URL

https://maps-api.meteoblue.com/v1/tiles/{id}/{date-value}/{z}/{x}/{y}.jpg?{get-parameter}

Example:
https://maps-api.meteoblue.com/v1/tiles/satellite_global/20220510/20220510_0930/5/19/12.jpg?apikey=be72f76237db

Available tile layers (id)

Layer id Description
Global satellite satellite_global Global satellite image without forecast
Global precipitation precipitation_global Global radar image without forecast
Europe radar radar_eu Radar image for Europe with 2 hours forecast
US radar radar_us Radar image for the Unites States with 1 hour forecast
note

Not all areas which are covered by radar on the meteoblue website and mobile apps are available in this API. For areas without ground observed radar data, precipitation data form satellites is used instead. This data is usually less precise than radar data.

Date (date-value)

Radar and satellite images are not always available at regular intervals. To accommodate this, meteoblue provides information about available time steps. Please refer to the timesteps section in the Time API documentation.

First fetch the information about available timesteps from the Time API and use the corresponding value from the response in the tile request, like in this example. The Satellite and Radar Tile API does not use dates directly. The date value has to be taken from the time API. The format of {date-value} can change at any time!

GET parameters

GET parameter Type Default Description
apikey String none API key obtained from meteoblue

Examples

Find some basic examples for integration with Leaflet and Mapbox GL JS on the examples page.

Last updated on 5/10/2022
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