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`!Tile Map Service`! or TMS, is a specification for `F33f`_`[tiled web maps`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Tiled_web_map]`_`f, developed by the `F33f`_`[Open Source Geospatial Foundation`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=OSGeo]`_`f. The definition generally requires a `F33f`_`[URI`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=URI]`_`f structure which attempts to fulfill `F33f`_`[REST`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=REST]`_`f principles. The TMS protocol fills a gap between the very simple standard used by `F33f`_`[OpenStreetMap`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=OpenStreetMap]`_`f and the complexity of the `F33f`_`[Web Map Service`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Web_Map_Service]`_`f standard, providing simple urls to tiles while also supporting alternate `F33f`_`[spatial referencing system`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Spatial_referencing_system]`_`f.

>>Contents

• `F0af`_`[Support`#support]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[WMTS`#wmts]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[See also`#see-also]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[External links`#external-links]`_`f

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>>Support

TMS is most widely supported by web mapping clients and servers; although there is some desktop support, the `F33f`_`[Web Map Service`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Web_Map_Service]`_`f protocol is more widespread for enterprise mapping applications. The `F33f`_`[OpenLayers`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=OpenLayers]`_`f `F33f`_`[JavaScript`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=JavaScript]`_`f library supports TMS natively, while the `F33f`_`[Google Maps API`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Google_Maps]`_`f allows URL templating, which makes support possible for developers. TileCache is one of the most popular supporting servers, while other servers like mod tile and TileLite focus on the de facto `F33f`_`[OpenStreetMap`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=OpenStreetMap]`_`f standard.

>>WMTS

TMS served as the basis for the OpenGIS `F33f`_`[Web Map Tile Service`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Web_Map_Tile_Service]`_`f OGC standard. `:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f]

>>See also

• `F33f`_`[Tiled web map`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Tiled_web_map]`_`f

>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! "Revision history of "Tile Map Service Specification" - OSGeo". `*wiki.osgeo.org`*. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2017-10-11.

`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f "OpenGIS Web Map Tile Service Implementation Standard". OGC. March 9, 2010. Retrieved April 10, 2014.

>>External links

• TMS Specification, OSGeo-Wiki

Free software server implementation of the TMS specification:

• TileCache

• MapProxy

• ROK4

• MapServer MapCache

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