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+# tileserver.php integration with Apache via .htaccess
+
+# Restrictions for data crawlers
+Options -Indexes
+Options +FollowSymLinks
+Options -MultiViews
+
+# Optional CORS header for cross-domain origin access to all data
+#<ifModule mod_headers.c>
+#  Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin *
+#</ifModule>
+
+# Mapping of the WMTS standardized URLs to real files and XML capabilities to tileserver.php
+
+RewriteEngine On
+
+# WMTS RESTful
+# ------------
+# The file can be accessed directly:
+# Example: http://www.tileserver.com/grandcanyon/10/192/401.png
+
+# map /wmts/layer/[ANYTHING]z/x/y.ext -> /layer/z/x/y.ext (WMTS ignoring tilematrixset,style,..)
+RewriteRule ^wmts/([\w\d\._-]+)/.*?(\d+)/(\d+)/(\d+)\.(\w+)$ $1/$2/$3/$4.$5 [L]
+# Example: http://www.tileserver.com/wmts/grandcanyon/style/tilematrixset/10/192/401.png
+
+# map /layer/[ANYTHING]z/x/y.ext -> /layer/z/x/y.ext (WMTS ignoring tilematrix,style,..)
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+RewriteRule ^([\w\d\._-]+)/.+?(\d+)/(\d+)/(\d+)\.(\w+)$ $1/$2/$3/$4.$5 [L]
+# Example: http://www.tileserver.com/grandcanyon/style/tilematrixset/10/192/401.png
+
+# MBTiles support at /layer/z/x/y.ext - loads the tile from mbtiles with php
+# TODO: serve also 404 errors for tiles
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+RewriteRule ^([^\/]+)\/(\d+)\/(\d+)\/(\d+)\.(\w+)$ tileserver-mbtiles.php?tileset=$1&z=$2&x=$3&y=$4&ext=$5 [L]
+# TODO: use mod_sqlite if available to map the tiles to URL directly by apache
+
+# WMTS KVP
+# --------
+# map the /?key=value&... -> /layer/z/x/y.ext KVP getTile queries directly to files
+
+# format passed as mime-extension, cleaning formats (jpeg->jpg)
+RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)format=image/jpeg(.*)$ [NC]
+RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1?%1format=jpg%2 [N]
+RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)format=jpeg(.*)$ [NC]
+RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1?%1format=jpg%2 [N]
+RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)format=image/png(.*)$ [NC]
+RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1?%1format=png%2 [N]
+
+# variable order of keys: TODO: sort the same way as mime-extension to fixed order
+RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*request=gettile.*layer=([\w\d\._-]+).*tilematrix=(\d+).*tilerow=(\d+).*tilecol=(\d+).*format=(\w+).*$ [NC]
+RewriteRule ^ %1/%2/%3/%4.%5 [L]
+RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*request=gettile.*layer=([\w\d\._-]+).*format=(\w+).*tilematrix=(\d+).*tilerow=(\d+).*tilecol=(\d+).*$ [NC]
+RewriteRule ^ %1/%3/%5/%4.%2 [L]
+RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*request=gettile.*layer=([\w\d\._-]+).*tilematrix=(\d+).*tilecol=(\d+).*tilerow=(\d+).*format=(\w+).*$ [NC]
+RewriteRule ^ %1/%2/%4/%3.%5 [L]
+# Example: http://www.tileserver.com/wmts?request=getTile&layer=grandcanyon&tileMatrix=10&tilerow=192&tilecol=401&format=png
+# Example: http://www.tileserver.com/wmts?service=WMTS&request=GetTile&version=1.0.0&layer=ne2geo&style=&format=image/jpeg&TileMatrixSet=WGS84&TileMatrix=1&TileRow=2&TileCol=2
+
+# WMTS ServiceMetadata (GetCapabilities)
+# --------------------------------------
+RewriteRule ^.*WMTSCapabilities.xml$ tileserver-wmts.php [QSA,L]
+RewriteRule ^wmts$ tileserver-wmts.php [QSA,L]
+RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*request=getcapabilities.*$ [NC]
+RewriteRule ^ tileserver-wmts.php [L]
+# Example: http://www.tileserver.com/dev/?service=WMTS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities
+
+# TMS XML (ArcBruTile)
+# --------------------
+RewriteRule ^tms$ tileserver-tms.php [QSA,L]
+RewriteRule ^(.+)/tms$ tileserver-tms.php?layer=$1 [QSA,L]
+# Example: http://www.tileserver.com/dev/?service=WMTS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities
+
+# request for non-existent tiles -> layer/none.png or none.png
+#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+#RewriteRule ^([\w\d\._-]+)/(\d+)/(\d+)/(\d+)\.png$ $1/none.png [L]
+#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+#RewriteRule ^([\w\d\._-]+)/none\.png$ none.png [L]
+
+# request for non-existent tiles -> layer/none.jpg or none.jpg
+#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+#RewriteRule ^([\w\d\._-]+)/(\d+)/(\d+)/(\d+)\.jpg$ $1/none.jpg [L]
+#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+#RewriteRule ^([\w\d\._-]+)/none\.jpg$ none.jpg [L]
+
+# TileJSON JSONP wrapper for MapBOX.js API
+RewriteRule ^maps.jsonp?$ tileserver.php?service=json [QSA,L]
+RewriteRule ^(.+).jsonp?$ tileserver.php?service=json&layer=$1 [QSA,L]
+
+# If-Modified-Since (if php is not installed as cgi then comment lines below)
+#RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE:%{HTTP:If-Modified-Since}]
+#RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH:%{HTTP:If-None-Match}]
+
+# handle all request on the root '/' by tileserver.php
+RewriteRule ^$ tileserver.php?service=html [QSA,L]
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