Preferences > Imagery

Adding predefined/custom WMS/TMS imagery sources.

Add predefined imagery

1. Select one or more imagery of interest
2. Optional: verify bounds on the map
3. Click Activate
4. Click OK

Add custom WMS imagery

1. JOSM -> Preferences -> WMS/TMS tab
2. Click just to the right of the Selected Entries table on the bottom half of this tab

3. Insert Menu Name
4. Paste Service URL (Mac users: paste is ctrl-v in josm)

5.. Click Get Layers

6. Select one or more layers
7. Click OK
8. Click OK on the Preferences dialog
9. Go to the JOSM Window
10. Click on imagery
11. You should now see the name of the imagery layer, as you defined it in Step #2

Troubleshooting

If the WMS layer list cannot be loaded, a warning dialog is shown:

To trace the problem, copy the URL from most recent line from the console (e.g., GET http://vogis.cnv.at/mapserver/mapserv?...) and open it in your browser.

Add custom TMS imagery

1. Click
2. Click TMS!
3. Insert Menu Name
4. Paste TMS URL, replace x, y, zoom parameter in the URL by {x}, {y}, {zoom}, respectively. Use for instance {switch:a,b,c} or {switch:1,2,3,4} for a random selection of the subdomain. Example: http://{switch:a,b,c}.www.toolserver.org/tiles/bw-mapnik/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png. See Maps#TileMapServicesTMS for more options.
5. Optional: insert the zoom range in Zoom
6. Click OK

Advanced: Add entry to list of predefined imagery

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