esp_make_provider: Create a custom tile provider

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Create a custom tile provider

Description

Helper function for esp_get_tiles() that helps to create a custom provider.

Usage

esp_make_provider(id, q, service, layers, ...)

Arguments

id	An identifier for the user. It will be used for identifying cached tiles.
q	The base url of the service.
service	The type of tile service, either "WMS" or "WMTS".
layers	The name of the layer to retrieve.
...	Additional arguments to the query, like version, format, crs/srs, style, etc. depending on the capabilities of the service.

Details

This function is meant to work with services provided as of the OGC Standard.

Note that:

• mapSpain will not provide advice on the argument q to be provided.

• Currently, on WMTS requests only services with tilematrixset=GoogleMapsCompatible are supported.

Value

A named list with two elements id and q.

See Also

esp_get_tiles().

For a list of potential providers from Spain check IDEE Directory.

Other functions for creating maps with images: addProviderEspTiles(), esp_get_tiles()

Examples

## Not run: 
custom_wms <- esp_make_provider(
  id = "an_id_for_caching",
  q = "https://idecyl.jcyl.es/geoserver/ge/wms?",
  service = "WMS",
  version = "1.3.0",
  layers = "geolog_cyl_litologia"
)

x <- esp_get_ccaa("Castilla y León", epsg = 3857)

mytile <- esp_get_tiles(x, type = custom_wms)

tidyterra::autoplot(mytile) +
  ggplot2::geom_sf(data = x, fill = NA)

## End(Not run)

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