Web Map Service (WMS) produces maps of spatially referenced data dynamically from geographic information.
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List of Map Service Software
I am curious as to what GIS server software is out there. I have used a few different ones and am building a list of them. If you know of any others please mention it below because I would like to ...
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How to compute the bounding box of multiple layers in lat/long?
I am writing an application to performance test all kinds of map services, primarily AGS 9.x, AGS 10, and WMS 1.x.
Part of the application involves generating random bounding boxes for individual ...
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How to avoid Pink tiles when DB view/Table is empty?
I have views that are spatial in a sense that they select some spatial column from other table. This table is published using geoserver. This table is live and sometime has no data at all. When the ...
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List of available online WMS services (Weather, Land Data, Place Names…)
I'm Looking for WMS services freely available to the public to overlay on my application, specifically weather and AIS information.
Perhaps this is a good place to list some available online WMS ...
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How to make geoserver return JSON for WMS GetFeatureInfo?
I wish to get the results of a WMS GetFeatureInfo request as a JSON instead of the table that comes up by default. Out of the box, the only options for the response from a WMS GetFeatureInfo are the ...
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Openlayers and Geoserver: OSM/Google Maps and WMS Overlay
I am experiencing projection problems with the following set up:
GeoServer with ESPG:4326 based shapefiles (*.shp)
OpenJump to edit my shapefiles
Openlayers with EPSG:900913 base layers
GeoServer ...
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Comparison of WMS and WFS services
I am writing my thesis about WMS and WFS services. I would like to compare these two services.
Can you suggest factors on which I can do this comparison? (In my mind I have: functionality, fastest ...
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Setting up MapServer WMS and use it with OpenLayers
I have set up MapServer WMS on the localhost by the following map file:
MAP
NAME "Prvi_WMS"
SIZE 600 300 # 600 by 300 pixel image output
PROJECTION
"init=epsg:4326"
END
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Cannot populate a Ext GridPanel through GeoExt WMSCapabilitiesStore
I've been working through a few tutorial/starter map samples on the OpenGeo and GeoExt websites and have come upon a problem I cannot solve. I'm trying to load a list of layers from my GeoServer into ...
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Setup own Openlayers Proxyhost [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Problems with OpenLayers and WFS - proxy.cgi issues
I have seen some example related to WMS Get Feature Info like :
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How to style a WMS layer?
I also posted this question on stackoverflow.
I successfully overlayed a WMS layer in google maps v3, however, as the information on tiles is black on transparent, it is not well seen on dark ...
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not able to view imported .tif file in geoserver
I am using geoserver. I have imported a .tif file using postgis, which has been saved in vector type layer in geoserver. Now, whenever, I preview it, the layer gets automatically downloaded as wms ...
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How to store an image in PostgreSQL and display it in an openlayers popup?
This is question regarding storing of image in PostgreSQL and display in openlayers popup through geoserver(using wms service).
PostgreSQL is installed in my virtual machine.
I tried to store image ...
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Re-projection in Geoserver
I have published a layer on Geoserver by cascading a remote WMS. i have successfully got all the layers from remote wms and publish one of those layers. But I want to re-project the layer from its ...
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How to select fields returned by GeoServer WMS GetFeatureInfo request?
I'm running simple local mapping service based on PostGIS/GeoServer/OpenLayers stack.
Following opengeo tutorial I've tied click events in OpenLayers to WMS GetFeatureInfo call using:
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How to get Leaflet interactivity from Geoserver WMS?
I have geoserver serving shapefiles as a WMS into Leaflet.
I'd like to add interativity that shows a popup with WMS attributes in the Leaflet map when the user hovers over or clicks on a WMS feature.
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How to filter big datasets in Geoserver WMS?
Is there a good way to filter datasets with approx 50,000 features in Geoserver? I'd have to select between 100 and 200 features based on ids. These ids are different from the FeatureIds. Couldn't ...
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How can I secure an WMS against unauthorized access?
In a project the customer wants the images of the WMS to be secured against unauthorized access. What are the common solutions to realize that? Are they compatible with the OGC-standards?
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WMS with Access Control (ACL) for different users? Or solution for thousands of points on web map?
I have a set of Sites in the thousands. Not all users see same the same Sites on the map - thus ACL. Data is stored in a non-GIS database (mssql, ora, etc) and right now is retrieved with a standard ...
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Looking for open source component to create PDF from WMS in a web application
I want to create a PDF from WMS in a web map application.
Please can anyone recommend a robust component? I'd like free open-source under an relatively business-friendly licence (no GPL, BSD/MIT ...
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How do I edit info feature attributes in GeoServer with OpenLayers
Can you help me? I have a very difficult problem when doing project...
I have used OpenLayers and GeoServer. When I click in the map to get feature info, I receive the info for the feature and ...
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What is the correct way to convert a USGS Orthoimage from WorldImage format to tiled GeoTiff for GeoServer?
USGS provides different resolution orthoimage quadrangles in the WorldImage format (*.tif with an accompanying *.tfw world file). Some of these quadrangles can be used by GeoServer (2.1.0 - 2.1.2) by ...
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What tile/tiling strategy should I use with GeoNode/GeoServer?
I've got a wicked GeoNode instance running, loaded with some basic vector data. I want to be able to serve our local-County aerial imagery as a basemap within GeoNode. I am thoroughly overwhelmed with ...
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Is there a web page where I can test a WMS URL?
I am using JMP 9, which supports WMS maps (as a client), but it doesn't seem to be working now.
Is there a web based, or small install GIS client on which I can test a WMS URL?
[To clarify, I was ...
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WMS + Google Earth + tilted view = alignment failure?
I'm working on a custom web-based application that generates spatial data and that includes a web-based map viewer. We have a custom servlet that handles WMS requests (not a complete WMS ...
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Is there a Python Lib for requesting WMS/WFS and saving as image/PDF?
i am wondering whether there's Python open-source GIS lib which has APIs to support call WMS/WFS from another GIS server (e.g., GeoServer) and then save the response data(WMS Basemap and WFS layer) as ...
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Is it possible to setup fiddler to capture requests from QGIS
I want to know if it is possible setup fiddler to capture WMS/WFS requests from QGIS and how to do it.
Fiddler is capturing the requests from MapInfo and I don't remember making any setup in fiddler ...
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Use OpenLayers WMSGetFeatureInfo on Mapserver Layer?
I'm able to use OpenLayers' OpenLayers.Layer.Mapserver declaration to generate a raster from GRIB data. I've read in the MapServer docs and on forums that it should be possible to get point ...
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Does the ArcGIS Javascript API support multiple map service urls per layer?
I've called tilecache from OpenLayers in the same manner as the example below. Is it possible to do something similar with the ArcGIS WMS map layer?
var urlArray = ...
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Desktop client symbolozing a WMS layer by sending SLD to the WMS server?
Objective is simple: finding 'desktop software' (such as ArcGIS, QGIS, etc) that can load a WMS layer, and then send its own SLD to apply to the WMS server in order to get the WMS layer back with the ...
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Make Openlayers request WMS tiles only within a certain bounds
Is there a way to actually tell openLayers not to request tiles out of particular bounds?
I want the rest of map and other layers still accessible, so maxExtent on map is not an option for me. I ...
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How can I access WMS service from Geoserver using ArcGIS Silverlight API?
Having Geoserver installed locally in my machine, I'm currently doing a R&D by trying to access WMS service from Geoserver using ArcGIS API for Silverlight.
I'm trying to replicate the sample in ...
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QGIS & WMS: Different aspect ratio between width/height and bbox
I am experiencing a small screen space offset when using a WMS layer (origin is GeoServer 2.1.4). Looking at the requests from QGIS (1.7.4) to my GeoServer I realised that the aspect ratio between the ...
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Finding two locations with H elevation difference on a DEM [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Volume of water in a basin with reference to incremental height of DAM
I want to find two locations on a DEM with any specified H elevation difference.
I want to see ...
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WMS Request Returns nothing with Geoserver
I'm having trouble with a select feature example in Geoserver and open layers. For some reason the request returns nothing.
Here's the stripped down version that produces this:
I have a small wms ...
