Relief: the land
coloured by height.
Green lowlands, yellow and brown hills, grey rock and white summits, with hillshading, contour lines and peaks, worldwide. One style URL for MapLibre GL JS, for maps where the terrain matters: travel, geography, outdoor sports and weather.
- 100'000 map tiles a month free
- 3D terrain with one parameter
- Labels in 41 languages
What the map shows
- The land coloured by height in 20 steps, from green at sea level through yellow and brown to grey above about 4,000 m and almost white above 5,500 m.
- Hillshading at every zoom, and contour lines from zoom 10.
- Water, glaciers, roads, railways, borders and places, kept light so that the colours of the land show.
- Peaks with their names and heights, from zoom 10.
The heights come from the Copernicus GLO-90 terrain, a grid with 90 m spacing; MapLibre colours each pixel of the terrain tiles in the browser. Roads, places and water come from OpenStreetMap and are updated every week.
Add it to your page
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/maplibre-gl@6.13.0/dist/maplibre-gl.css">
<div id="map"></div>
<script type="module">
import * as maplibregl from "https://unpkg.com/maplibre-gl@6.13.0/dist/maplibre-gl.mjs";
const map = new maplibregl.Map({
container: "map",
style: "https://api.overpass.ch/v1/YOUR_KEY/maps/styles/relief.json",
center: [7.62, 46.12],
zoom: 9
});
map.addControl(new maplibregl.NavigationControl({ visualizePitch: true }));
</script>
- The style needs MapLibre GL JS 5.6 or later, for the
color-relieflayer that colours the land. ?terrain=1adds 3D terrain; tilt the map withpitchand allow up to 85 degrees withmaxPitch: 85.?lang=essets the label language; 41 languages are available.
To colour by height in a style of your own, add a color-relief layer on our terrain tiles, as the nautical map guide does for the sea. More in hillshading, 3D terrain and contour lines.
What to expect
- The 90 m grid shows hills, valleys and mountains. It is too coarse for small slopes in towns, and sharp summits read low.
- The sea is one colour; the marine style shows its depths.
- Every tile counts once: vector tiles, terrain tiles and contour lines. Terrain tiles go up to zoom 10 and are enlarged closer in, so the colours add few tiles.
Maps plans
Every account includes 100'000 map tiles a month, for every style. Maps Small has 2 million for CHF 9 a month. How that compares.
Maps Free
- Map tiles / month100'000
- Map tiles / minute1'200
- Elevation lookups / month1 million
- Commercial use
- World map, updated weekly
- Our outdoor, marine, relief and driving styles
- 5 Protomaps styles, labels in 41 languages
- 3D terrain, hillshading, contour lines
- Elevation API included
- No e-mail support
Maps Small
- Map tiles / month2 million
- Map tiles / minuteUnlimited
- Elevation lookups / month50 million
- Commercial use
- World map, updated weekly
- Our outdoor, marine, relief and driving styles
- 5 Protomaps styles, labels in 41 languages
- 3D terrain, hillshading, contour lines
- Elevation API included
- E-mail support
Maps Medium
- Map tiles / month10 million
- Map tiles / minuteUnlimited
- Elevation lookups / month200 million
- Commercial use
- World map, updated weekly
- Our outdoor, marine, relief and driving styles
- 5 Protomaps styles, labels in 41 languages
- 3D terrain, hillshading, contour lines
- Elevation API included
- Priority e-mail support
Maps Large
- Map tiles / month40 million
- Map tiles / minuteUnlimited
- Elevation lookups / month500 million
- Commercial use
- World map, updated weekly
- Our outdoor, marine, relief and driving styles
- 5 Protomaps styles, labels in 41 languages
- 3D terrain, hillshading, contour lines
- Elevation API included
- Priority support
Our four styles
Outdoor
Trails by SAC grade in the Swiss colours, huts, stops, drinking water, peaks with their height and contour lines.
Marine
The sea coloured by depth, depth contours, lighthouses, buoys and beacons in their colours, harbours and ferry routes.
Relief
The land coloured by height, from green lowlands to rock and snow, with hillshading and contour lines.
Driving
Wide, clear roads with motorway numbers, fuel stations, charging stations and car parks.
Pictures: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Protomaps · Copernicus WorldDEM™-90 © DLR, Airbus · GEBCO
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Style based on Protomaps. Terrain: Copernicus WorldDEM™-90 © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA. The style shows these credits in a corner of the map; keep them visible.