QGIS - Xyz tiles - topo servers

Question

I've installed QGIS 3 today. I found the xyz tiles option and have added e.g. google, openstreet, and ESRI Topo. These all work and show the map. Now I'm looking for a topo map, so ESRI topo is a nice starting point. Unfortunately I find it a bit blurry on the font, and the lines a bit to light.

Does someone know working XYZ topo entries? I can find some XYZ tile servers for topo, but they are often not downloading tiles

Answer 1

• Open Topo Map:

  https://tile.opentopomap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
  

  

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• Thunderforest (Landscape)

  https://tile.thunderforest.com/landscape/{z}/{x}/{y}.png?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY
  

  

Answer 2

My favorite XYZ topo server is ESRI's World Hillshade, which is not included in Klas Karlsson's popular python script.

http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Elevation/World_Hillshade/MapServer/tile/{z}/{y}/{x}

I recommend setting the blending mode to "multiply" (which effectively makes the white pixels transparent) - this looks great as an overlay (as described here).

Answer 3

Try also the mapy.cz XYZ tiles.

The thread is here:

https://napoveda.seznam.cz/forum/threads/68508/1

The link to the topographic "Outdoor" version is here:

https://mapserver.mapy.cz/turist-m/{z}-{x}-{y}

It works perfectly. Sometimes you can encounter labels in the Czech language, but it's a minor problem.