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Specify the language of the map tile labels

HERE Raster Tile API provides lang and lang2 parameters that can be used to request a map tile with labels in those particular languages.

  1. Get map tile from India with default language:

    • Example:

      https://maps.hereapi.com/v3/base/mc/12/2926/1707/png
      ?apiKey=YOUR_HERE_API_KEY
    • Response:

  2. Get map tile from India with primary language set to English:

    • Example:

      https://maps.hereapi.com/v3/base/mc/12/2926/1707/png?lang=en
      &apiKey=YOUR_HERE_API_KEY
    • Response:

  3. Get map tile from India with primary language set to Hindi and secondary language set to English:

    • Example:

      https://maps.hereapi.com/v3/base/mc/12/2926/1707/png
      ?lang=hi&lang2=en
      &apiKey=YOUR_HERE_API_KEY
    • Response:

  4. Get map tile from Japan with default language:

    • Example:

      https://maps.hereapi.com/v3/base/mc/11/1819/806/png
      ?apiKey=YOUR_HERE_API_KEY
    • Response:

  5. Get map tile from Japan with secondary language set to English:

    • Example:

      https://maps.hereapi.com/v3/base/mc/11/1819/806/png
      ?lang2=en
      &apiKey=YOUR_HERE_API_KEY
    • Response:

For more information, see Map languages.