---
title: "Retrieve the definition of the specified tiling scheme (tile matrix set)"
method: GET
path: "/tileMatrixSets/{tileMatrixSetId}"
tags: ["Tiling Schemes"]
---

# Retrieve the definition of the specified tiling scheme (tile matrix set)

`GET /tileMatrixSets/{tileMatrixSetId}`

## Path parameters

- `tileMatrixSetId` 'WebMercatorQuad' | 'WorldCRS84Quad' | 'GNOSISGlobalGrid' | 'WorldMercatorWGS84Quad', required

## Query parameters

- `f` 'json' | 'html'

## Response `200`

tile matrix set

- TileMatrixSet — A definition of a tile matrix set following the Tile Matrix Set standard. For tileset metadata, such a description (in `tileMatrixSet` property) is only required for offline use, as an alternative to a link with a `http://www.opengis.net/def/rel/ogc/1.0/tiling-scheme` relation type.
  - `title` string — Title of this tile matrix set, normally used for display to a human
  - `description` string — Brief narrative description of this tile matrix set, normally available for display to a human
  - `keywords` string[] — Unordered list of one or more commonly used or formalized word(s) or phrase(s) used to describe this tile matrix set
  - `id` string — Tile matrix set identifier. Implementation of 'identifier'
  - `uri` string, uri — Reference to an official source for this tileMatrixSet
  - `orderedAxes` string[]
  - `crs` union, required
    - string — Simplification of the object into a url if the other properties are not present
    - object — Coordinate Reference System (CRS)
      - `uri` string, uri, required — Reference to one coordinate reference system (CRS)
    - object — Coordinate Reference System (CRS)
      - `wkt` object, required — A string defining the CRS using the JSON encodng for Well Known Text
    - object — Coordinate Reference System (CRS)
      - `referenceSystem` object, required — A reference system data structure as defined in the MD_ReferenceSystem of the ISO 19115
  - `wellKnownScaleSet` string, uri — Reference to a well-known scale set
  - `boundingBox` object — Minimum bounding rectangle surrounding a 2D resource in the CRS indicated elsewhere
    - `lowerLeft` number[], required — A 2D Point in the CRS indicated elsewhere
    - `upperRight` number[], required — A 2D Point in the CRS indicated elsewhere
    - `crs` union
      - string — Simplification of the object into a url if the other properties are not present
      - object
        - `uri` string, uri, required — Reference to one coordinate reference system (CRS)
      - object
        - `wkt` object, required — A string defining the CRS using the JSON encodng for Well Known Text
      - object
        - `referenceSystem` object, required — A reference system data structure as defined in the MD_ReferenceSystem of the ISO 19115
    - `orderedAxes` string[]
  - `tileMatrices` object[], required — Describes scale levels and its tile matrices
    - `title` string — Title of this tile matrix set, normally used for display to a human
    - `description` string — Brief narrative description of this tile matrix set, normally available for display to a human
    - `keywords` string[] — Unordered list of one or more commonly used or formalized word(s) or phrase(s) used to describe this dataset
    - `id` string, required — Identifier selecting one of the scales defined in the TileMatrixSet and representing the scaleDenominator the tile. Implementation of 'identifier'
    - `scaleDenominator` number, required — Scale denominator of this tile matrix
    - `cellSize` number, required — Cell size of this tile matrix
    - `cornerOfOrigin` 'topLeft' | 'bottomLeft' — The corner of the tile matrix (_topLeft_ or _bottomLeft_) used as the origin for numbering tile rows and columns. This corner is also a corner of the (0, 0) tile.
    - `pointOfOrigin` number[], required — A 2D Point in the CRS indicated elsewhere
    - `tileWidth` number, required — Width of each tile of this tile matrix in pixels
    - `tileHeight` number, required — Height of each tile of this tile matrix in pixels
    - `matrixHeight` number, required — Width of the matrix (number of tiles in width)
    - `matrixWidth` number, required — Height of the matrix (number of tiles in height)
    - `variableMatrixWidths` object[] — Describes the rows that has variable matrix width
      - `coalesce` number, required — Number of tiles in width that coalesce in a single tile for these rows
      - `minTileRow` number, required — First tile row where the coalescence factor applies for this tilematrix
      - `maxTileRow` number, required — Last tile row where the coalescence factor applies for this tilematrix

## Other responses

- `404` — The requested tile matrix set id was not found
- `406` — Content negotiation failed. For example, the `Accept` header submitted in the request did not support any of the media types supported by the server for the requested resource.
- `500` — A server error occurred.

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