GIS Integration Overview

GIS Integration Overview

Raad exposes all aerial data through five complementary geospatial services. Each service targets a different workflow and GIS toolchain — use whichever fits your stack, or combine them.

Service Protocol Best For XYZ Raster Tiles XYZ/TMS Raster basemap in QGIS, ArcGIS, Mapbox Vector Tile Service Mapbox Vector Tiles (MVT) Site geometry polygons in QGIS, Mapbox GL JS WMS OGC WMS 1.3.0 Any standard GIS client requiring OGC raster layers WFS OGC WFS 2.0 Editable vector features in QGIS, ArcGIS, geopandas STAC Catalog STAC 1.0 Programmatic browsing of captures and assets

Authentication

All five services use the same map access token — a UUID tied to your account. Always use the Authorization header — it keeps your token out of server logs, browser history, and shared URLs:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_MAP_ACCESS_TOKEN

Find your token in Account Settings → Integrations. Regenerating the token immediately invalidates all existing connections.

Both QGIS and ArcGIS Pro support Bearer header authentication on WMS, WFS, and vector tile connections via their built-in auth configuration UI — see each service section below for the specific steps.

The services also accept a ?token=YOUR_TOKEN query parameter as a fallback, but the Bearer header is strongly preferred. Only use the query param when a client offers no other option (e.g. some XYZ tile sources in older QGIS versions).

Base URL

All services are hosted at https://app.raad.com. Service URLs contain only the data your account can access — sites, captures, and geometries are scoped to your organization.