Difference between revisions of "Web Map Service"

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A Web Map Service (WMS) is a standard protocol for serving georeferenced map images over the Internet. The maps are generated by a map server using data from a GIS database.
 
A Web Map Service (WMS) is a standard protocol for serving georeferenced map images over the Internet. The maps are generated by a map server using data from a GIS database.
  
== KMS Data Sources ==
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== WMS Data Sources ==
  
 
You may add your own WMS servers in addition to the list provided by the EMD-server.  
 
You may add your own WMS servers in addition to the list provided by the EMD-server.  
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Currently (2013) WindPRO contains links to the following WMS services:
 
Currently (2013) WindPRO contains links to the following WMS services:
 
Note, that WindPRO will - by default - only show the datasets where data is available considering the location of your project.
 
Note, that WindPRO will - by default - only show the datasets where data is available considering the location of your project.

Revision as of 00:24, 27 May 2013

WMS-service from USGS returning NAIP Orthophotos

From WindPRO 2.9 it is now possible to add map-services from a WMS-server (Web Map Server).

A Web Map Service (WMS) is a standard protocol for serving georeferenced map images over the Internet. The maps are generated by a map server using data from a GIS database.

WMS Data Sources

You may add your own WMS servers in addition to the list provided by the EMD-server.

Currently (2013) WindPRO contains links to the following WMS services: Note, that WindPRO will - by default - only show the datasets where data is available considering the location of your project.