# How to get the tile of a route

**URL:** <https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/how-to-get-the-tile-of-a-route/257>\
**Category:** directions\
**Created:** [February 21, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/how-to-get-the-tile-of-a-route/257 "2019-02-21T18:18:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![PeterMorlock](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@PeterMorlock](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/PeterMorlock)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/how-to-get-the-tile-of-a-route/257/1 "2019-02-21T18:18:00Z")

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Hello,  
I like the service you offer. The API works very well.  
Now I can get the relevant Information like Time and Distance for my customer database.

Now I have to get the tile which will be shown in the browser as a file, which could be used for printing it in a mailing.

Could you assist me, how to get this?

Many thanks,  
Peter

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**Author:** ![nils](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/nils/32/6_2.png) [@nils](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/nils)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/how-to-get-the-tile-of-a-route/257/2 "2019-02-21T23:58:23Z")

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Hey,

glad to hear you like our services:)

Which tile set are you looking for? Have a look at our [playground](https://openrouteservice.org/dev/#/api-docs/mapsurfer/%7Bz%7D/%7Bx%7D/%7By%7D.png/get), it’s an easy way to explore our services. It’s using slippy maps conventions, refer to the nice [openstreetmap reference](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Slippy_map_tilenames#Derivation_of_tile_names) on how to convert X/Y/Zoom to individual tiles.

Cheers  
Nils

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**Author:** ![PeterMorlock](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@PeterMorlock](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/PeterMorlock)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 6:15am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/how-to-get-the-tile-of-a-route/257/3 "2019-02-22T06:15:34Z")

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Hi, many thanks for this information. I will look into it.

Cheers, Peter