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TheheatmapTilesendpoint provides pollen-related heatmaps through tile overlay. A tile overlay
is a collection of image tiles that can be displayed on top of Google Maps. Each
image tile is 256 x 256 pixels.
The tile overlay is a grid assembled from a collection of tiles, each assigned
(X,Y) coordinates. The tile with coordinates (0,0) is always at the
northwest corner of the map. TheXvalues increase from west to east, while
theYvalues increase from north to south.
Thezoom leveldetermines how large or small the contents of a map appear in a
map view. The tile grid size is determined by scaling theXandYcoordinates exponentially by the zoom level.
gridSizeX = XzoomLevelgridSizeY = YzoomLevel
For example, at a zoom level of 2, the world map is represented using a 4 x 4
matrix, for a total of 16 tiles.
The following image shows aTREE_UPIheatmap of the entire world, sectioned
into tiles that can be accessed at a zoom level of 2.
Z: Zoom level that determines how large or small the contents of a map
appear in a map view. Allowed values are 0-16, where a value of 0 displays
the entire world in a single tile.
X,Y: The tile coordinates relatively to the north east corner (0,0).Xvalues increase from west to east andYvalues increase from north to
south. Coordinates must be valid for the specified zoom level. For example,
if you set the zoom level to 2 and request a tile at coordinates (10,10),
the API returns an error.
Example heatmap request
The image above shows aTREE_UPIheatmap with a zoom level of 2, along with
the coordinates of each tile. The following example uses theheatmapTilesendpoint to request the tile at coordinates (2,1):
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