WMTSstyle
WMTSstyle refers to the styling mechanism used within the Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) framework to describe how a given tile layer should be rendered. In WMTS, map data is served as tiles, and styling determines color, symbolization, and labeling applied when tiles are generated. The WMTS Capabilities document lists, for each Layer, one or more Style entries. Each Style has an identifier (a unique string used in requests), a title and abstract for human readers, and a boolean isDefault indicating the default style if no style is supplied. Some implementations also provide an optional LegendURL.
A client selects a style by including the style parameter in GetTile requests (and related operations). If
Benefits of WMTSstyle include the ability to present multiple visual interpretations of the same tile source,