Styles - HERE Raster Tile API

The HERE Raster Tile API provides a style parameter that you can use to select the content and appearance of the rendered map tile.

A style can support an optional content. Use features to select display of the optional content.

📘
Note
Take style into account when deciding on copyright notice. Styles use different data, hence the copyright notice has to be adjusted to the style used.

Style list

The HERE Raster Tile API supports the following base styles. To request the list of available styles, use the info endpoint, for example:

https://maps.hereapi.com/v3/info?apiKey=YOUR_HERE_API_KEY

For more information, see the API Reference documentation.

explore.day

explore.day is a default map style.

lite.day

The lite.day style has been specifically optimized for use as a background for overlays. While all map details remain legible, the emphasis on roads is intentionally reduced.

logistics.day

This style is optimized to provide clear and relevant information for efficient route planning, navigation, and logistics operations.

📘
Note
The logistic.day style falls under the Advanced Raster Tile HERE Map Rendering transaction category. For more information, see Advanced raster tile and HERE platform pricing.

📘
Note
You can combine this style with the vehicle_restrictions feature to display additional data that is related to specific limitations or rules that apply to certain types of vehicles when traveling on roads or highways:

topo.day

topo.day is a style highlighting such geographic features as elevation, landforms, and natural landscapes to provide a clear representation of the terrain.

📘
Note
Because this style is optimized for showcasing terrain-related information in a clear and visually appealing manner, it is best suited for applications related to hiking, biking, skiing, or any outdoor activities. The following raster tile provides another example of the topo.day style used to provide a detailed terrain view:

logistics.night

logistics.night is a style optimized for low-light or night-time logistics operations.

📘
Note
The logistic.night style falls under the Advanced raster tile HERE Map Rendering transaction category. For more information, see Advanced raster tile and HERE platform pricing.

explore.night

explore.night is a style optimized for viewing in a low light environment.

lite.night

lite.nigt is a style that serves as a suitable background for overlaying additional data, helping to make the information more accessible and user-friendly during nighttime or low-light conditions.

topo.night

topo.night highlights elevation, landforms, and natural landscapes in the same manner as the topo.day style, with enhanced usability and functionality in low-light environments.

The following tile provides another example of the topo.night, with a focus on terrain representation:

explore.satellite.day

explore.satellite.day is a style providing satellite/aerial imagery with point and line cartographic features overlaid.

lite.satellite.day

lite.satellite.day is a style providing satellite/aerial imagery with point and line cartographic features adjusted to serve as a background for traffic information, including road congestion, accidents, and so on.

satellite.day

satellite.day is a style providing a pure satellite/aerial imagery.

logistics.satellite.day

logistics.satellite.day is a style that provides information related to route planning, navigation, and logistics operations, overlaid onto real-world, satellite imagery.

📘
Note
The logistics.satellite.day style falls under the Advanced Raster Tile HERE Map Rendering transaction category. For more information, see Advanced raster tile and HERE platform pricing.

DEM

The Digital Elevation Model (dem) style provides a 3D representation of the Earth's surface using a grid of encoded height values.

Key points about the dem style include:

The DEM style stores elevation data in the PNG format (the PNG8 format is not supported).
The style is not designed for direct use by humans but rather to be used by a client-side rendering engine (for example, a web browser) to create interactive and visually appealing 3D maps of terrain, including shading effects that simulate real-world illumination.
The DEM tiles do not contain any padding or overlap from the neighboring tiles. If you need this information (for example, for building a 3D mesh), then you can obtain it by loading the neighboring tiles and copying their data.
The style uses the 8-bit RGB color channels of the PNG format to encode elevation data.

To calculate the corresponding height value in meters, you can apply the following formula:

$$ height = -10000 + ((R * 256 * 256 + G * 256 + B) * 0.1) $$

where R, G, and B represent the red, green, and blue channels of a pixel, respectively.

📘
Note
The height values represented by the dem style are orthometric heights, which are heights above the geoid; a theoretical surface representing average sea level.

The following figure shows a 3D map rendered with the dem style:

For a practical demonstration of how to use HERE DEM data to render 3D maps, see Visualize terrain data in 3D with HERE DEM.

Next steps

For details on how to apply a specific style to raster map tiles, see Specify the style and appearance of the map tile.