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Alidade Satellite

Using fresh, brilliant, and sharp imagery, the Alidade Satellite style turns planet earth into your canvas. This style uses satellite imagery as a base, and layers labels and outlines of major features on top to create a solid contextual backdrop for your data.

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Vector Style
https://tiles.stadiamaps.com/styles/alidade_satellite.json
Imagery Layer (XYZ 512x512 JPEG)†
https://tiles.stadiamaps.com/data/satellite/{z}/{x}/{y}.jpg
Static Maps Base URL
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Raster TileJSON
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Requires the maplibre-gl-leaflet plugin.

Additional HTML
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<!-- (assumes Leaflet is already included) -->

<!-- MapLibre GL -->
<link href="https://unpkg.com/maplibre-gl@2.4.0/dist/maplibre-gl.css" rel='stylesheet' />
<script src="https://unpkg.com/maplibre-gl@2.4.0/dist/maplibre-gl.js"></script>

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@maplibre/maplibre-gl-leaflet@0.0.19/leaflet-maplibre-gl.js"></script>

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// Initialize a map centered at (53, 12) at zoom level 5
var map = L.map('map').setView([53, 12], 5);

var gl = L.maplibreGL({
    style: 'https://tiles.stadiamaps.com/styles/alidade_satellite.json'
}).addTo(map);

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var map = new maplibregl.Map({
  container: 'map',
  style: 'https://tiles.stadiamaps.com/styles/alidade_satellite.json ',  // Style URL; see our documentation for more options
  center: [12, 53],  // Initial focus coordinate
  zoom: 4
});

† If you need to customize the style, you may use the imagery as a layer among other layers as part of the final visualization product. Note that the tiles are 512x512px rather than the standard 256x256. As such, zoom levels are off by one. Bulk downloading is strictly prohibited. Please review our Terms of Service carefully to ensure that your use case complies. Email us if you have any questions.

Styled raster tiles and static maps are not available at this time.

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Alidade Satellite requires a Standard plan or higher.