QGIS Aerial Imagery

Aerial imagery can be added using core XYZ Tile Server functionality (implemented in 2018):

• Locate the Tile Server entry in the browser and right click it to add a new service.

• Enter the URL of the service which you would like to use. Example URLs are listed at he bottom of this page.

 OpenStreetMap:  http://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
 Bing Aerial:  http://ecn.t3.tiles.virtualearth.net/tiles/a{q}.jpeg?g=1
 Google Hybrid:  https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=y&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}
 Google Satellite:  https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=s&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}
 Google Road:  https://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=m&x={x}&y={y}&z={z}

• Open aerial imagery by right clicking the relevant service link and selecting Add Layer to Project.