[Talk-us-massachusetts] New MA lidar

[Peter Cooper Jr.]

On 1/13/2022 8:33 AM, Alan Bragg wrote:
> https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massgis-data-lidar-dem-and-shaded-relief
>
> I received an email from MASS GIS announcing new lidar data for MA. 
> Does anyone know how to update the links in JOSM & ID?
>
> The link to the old data is no longer active.
> tms[15,20]:https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/hGdibHYSPO59RG1h/arcgis/rest/services/Shaded_Relief_LiDAR/MapServer/tile/{zoom}/{y}/{x} 
> <https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/hGdibHYSPO59RG1h/arcgis/rest/services/Shaded_Relief_LiDAR/MapServer/tile/%7Bzoom%7D/%7By%7D/%7Bx%7D>

Try 
https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/hGdibHYSPO59RG1h/arcgis/rest/services/LiDAR_ShadedRelief/MapServer/tile/{zoom}/{y}/{x} 
and see if that works better for you.(Basically replace 
"Shaded_Relief_LiDAR" with "LiDAR_ShadedRelief".)

Here's how I found it:
1. Go to https://massgis.maps.arcgis.com/home/gallery.html
2. Look for LiDAR Tile Service
3. In the bottom-light there's a URL to copy, which is the base for 
using the tile service
4. For TMS, appen|d /tile/{zoom}/{y}/{x} but for WMTS append 
||/WMTS/1.0.0/WMTSCapabilities.xml|||||

I had written up instructions for finding and using new MassGIS services 
on the MassGIS OSM wiki page, but it looks like there was an edit in 
September that removed them.

Though why MassGIS keeps changing around their sources I don't 
understand. Is this actually newer LiDAR data, or the same info as 
before just under a new URL?