How to add a XYZ basemap layer to QGIS 3. Also a Python script to add the most common one easily!

I will also teach you how to use a python script to add a bunch of existing basemaps.

2023-01-17 1 min read

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to use QGIS 3 to add a connection to a XYZ layer into the browser panel.

I will also teach you how to use a python script to add a bunch of existing basemaps: Openstreetmap, Bing, Google Maps, Mapy.cz, Strava and so on.

🔴 What is a XYZ basemap?

A XYZ layer is a tiled layer in which tile data that is accessed through URLs that include a zoom level and tile grid x/y coordinates.

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