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Web Map Service (WMS) produces maps of spatially referenced data dynamically from geographic information.

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Driving Zone Computation using Web Processing Services

I am currently evaluating different OGC Services(WFS,WMS and WPS) for driving zone computation. As I am new to WPS services, I would like some suggestions regarding which OGC services to implement. ...
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How to serve a geotiff file using WMS?

I want to display a GeoTIFF file which is a air pollution map by use of WMS. This GeoTIFF file is an output of WPS. The following is my .map file and the URL request and the output. I use MapServer ...
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Geoserver WMS-T backend problems

I've been trying to set up a few timed WMS layers in GeoServer. They're simple enough, of the form ID(PRIMARY KEY) REGION DATE VALUE so for every region and date you have some value, e.g. the ...
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how to increase request feature speed?

I use Geoserver with Oracle DB. Amount of records in DB is less than 4000, but feature request takes 5-6 seconds. How can I speed up this? P.S. Native JAI is false in my Geoserver UPDATE: I have ...
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Partially cached maps

Have anyone tried to set up a tilecache for a certain area of a map, leaving the areas outside of the tiles boundingbox to pure wms calls? Background is I have a map where about 10% of it is accessed ...
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OpenLayers Google v3 and other layers drift apart

I'm stuck. My code works with OSM, but I need it to work with Google as well. The problem is simply that Google v3 and my other layers are not playing well together at all. They don't zoom together. ...
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How to add individual layer of WMS group layer to ArcMap?

I am attempting to add a single WMS layer that is part of a WMS service group layer. I am writing code to do this using ArcObjects in C# .Net. So far I have been unsuccessful. I can either only add ...
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QGIS not rendering WMS layers

I'm a bit of newb' at GIS so be gentle with me. In Qgis I've set up a wms for the British Geological Survey: http://maps.bgs.ac.uk/ArcGIS/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WMSServer? Now ...
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WMS and Quantum GIS/ArcGIS

I periodically use a nice basemap served by the Utah state government in QGIS. Recently they upgraded their server from ArcGIS Server 9.3 to ArcGIS Server 10.1. Ever since then, I can't seem to get ...
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Rendering a QGIS WMS layer in Firefox hogs the machine

I am less than a novice beginner on GIS Systems and am groping for answers. I followed instructions for WIN 7 Install at both ...
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MapServer / OpenLayers: Is there a limit of 16 zoom levels?

I set up a MapServer (WMS) with a raster basemap like this (Mapfile): MAP PROJECTION "init=epsg:900913" END WEB METADATA "wms_title" "mymap" "wms_srs" "epsg:900913" END ...
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How do I format tilelayer.wms url properties such that I add an overlay iteratively to my base map in leaflet

My base map was created using hard-coded template variables. I am using the leaflet tilelayer.wms constructor and including the url like so: url: ...
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Does QGIS have WMS-T (WMS with time) support?

Does anyone know if there's support for WMS-T in QGIS? Through the app I can add WMS layers, but I can't work with WMS-T (there's no place to set the time parameter). I been going through the the ...
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QGIS: WMS misalignment

I am experiencing a small screen space offset when using a WMS layer (origin is GeoServer 2.1.4): The image shows a red square which is the top left pixel of a tile (GeoTIFF). An exact copy of the ...
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How to deactive Vector Selection In OpenLayers wms features

This is my sample code and work fine :), But I have a little problem, I'm using multiple layer (WMS), when I zooming the layer will be shown or hidden. In my example bellow when OpenLayers level zoom ...
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ESRI imagery service that is WMS Compliant

I want to use the ESRI free online imagery service http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer But I want a service that is WMS compliant. Is there a version of ...
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Is there a tutorial explaining the basics of WMS?

I'm building some software that needs to download satellite map images to display behind some survey charts. I understand that, to download these images, I need access to a Web Map Service. The only ...
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Restrict featureinfo fetched with the WMSGetFeatureInfo request in geoserver

i followed a GeoEXT example to create popup menu that gets WMSFeatureinfo on click on the map, What i want to do is to get some specific fields not all the fields, i try the propertyName (with ...
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Point Within, Query in a buffer polygon in WMS like in ArcGIS ESRI

I need to do a query to filter the result inside a polygon or geometry, like this: http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/jssamples/query_buffer.html But, i need to do this in a opengeo ...
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GetCapabilities Request for WMS

I'm trying to connect to a WebMapServer with the Geotools WMS classes. My problem is, that the resonse-object "capabilities" doesn't contain all layers. When I'm doing the request in a browser, I can ...
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How to debug QGIS Server WMS “Download of capabilities failed”?

Currently I am using a QGIS server with a linux Centos system. I am attempting the create a WMS in QGIS and upload it to my website. I have followed the instructions in the "Quantium GIS User Guide: ...
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GeoServer WMS OGC-filter fails with “I dont understand the tag: gml:Polygon”

I'm trying to construct an OGC filter to pass to a WMS GetMap request to GeoServer but I can't seem to do it. The goal is to show the parts of the layer that intersects with a supplied polygon. ...
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WMS bounded overlay with OpenLayers and GeoServer

I'm trying to design a heatmap overlay bounded within four given coordinates with OpenLayers using WMS protocol to communicate with my GeoServer instance, where my data and SLD heatmap description ...
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WMS feed displays in ArcCatalog 9.3 but not in ArcMap 9.3

I am facing a very very weird behaviour. We used to work with a WMS feed in ArcGIS 9.3 and, since a few weeks, we are no longer able to display it. The providers of the feed informed us that they ...
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WMS getMap request with POST and XML

It's possible to make WFS queries by POSTing query as XML. Does GeoServer support this also for WMS getMap request? If yes, I'm looking for information on XML syntax for such query. Sounds like a ...
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WMS blank map returned

I am facing this problem 3th day and I really don't know where is the problem, so please help me. Here is my REQUEST: ...
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Get info from WMS layer with Openlayers mobile

I am trying to build a webapp for iPad using OpenLayers Mobile. One of the features it should have is that you can tap on a tree displayed on a basemap and get info about this tree. These trees are ...
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Help me with this code from GeoExt and OpenLayers

I haven't gone entirely through GeoExt. But I am trying to understand the below code, but I am struck. The below code is about creating popups of feature information. But the layers added are WMS ...
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How to label a WMS layer from an Online Server, over which I do not have control?

I have discovered that the Western Australia Dept of Mines and Petroleum offers WMSs. On adding these to ArcMap, however, I notice that they do not have labels. For example, this means one must use ...
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Geoserver WMS and filtering tables with cyrillic column names

I try to serve PostGIS tables with Geoserver WMS (both 2.1 and 2.2). Some column names are in cyrillic. Problem is - service fails, when I try to filter by those cyrillic columns (both with CQL and ...
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Having issues getting Leaflet “L.tileLayer.wms” to display Geoserver WMS data

I've set up Geoserver and WMS capabilities to host some weather data files (satellite data for example). Here's an example file: ...
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Adding time dimension to layer in GeoServer

I have a GeoServer installation that is used as a proxy in front of a THREDDS Data Server to be able to add additional metadata to WMS layers (which I haven't found any support for in THREDDS). I ...
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Mapserver vs QGIS Server for WebGIS with access control

I'm looking to set up a FOSS web GIS to allow sharing of large data files. From online discussions I gather this can be done using a variety of software combinations, eg: PostGIS + MapServer + Open ...
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When I try to do a WMS request to geoserver using the leaflet API I am getting a format related error

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below. <ows:ExceptionReport xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" ...
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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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Does OpenLayers mergenewparams repeatedly hit a WMS server when you change the layer name?

Does mergenewparams repeatedly hit a WMS server if you change the layer name? For example, you call the server with layer 'a' then you use mergewnewparams and call layer 'b', then you use ...
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Data source for 3D buildings (germany)

I'm searching for a data base or webservice, that provides buildings at a level of detail (LOD) of cuboid (length,width,height) or roof, corners, etc or better. The area should cover germany. ...
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Wrong data with FEATURE_COUNT=1 for GetFeatureInfo

When I am querying the WMS service with FEATURE_COUNT=1 then I get the wrong meta data. Once I make FEATURE_COUNT=2 then first row contains the correct data. I am executing the URL directly 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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How to get server info from WMSCapabilitiesStore

I am using the following code to retrieve a list of data layers hosted on a WMS Server: var store = new GeoExt.data.WMSCapabilitiesStore({ url: fullUrl }); // Add some callbacks to handle various ...
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Geoserver tiles mismatch

I tried to get WMS tiles from geoserver like /geoserver/gwc/service/tms/1.0.0/layername@EPSG%3A4326@png/15/19142/9530.png or with another projection ...
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Read negative elevation data from NASA png tiles

I query NASA JPL service using query string. Response is a unsigned 16 bit per pixel png image and the values are elevation values in meters. Same is described in the capabilty xml of the layer as can ...
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Valid ranges for bounding box in WMS 1.1.1

I'm connecting to a WMS server and found that the longitudes LatLonBoundingBox specified for some of the values are slightly outside of the +/-180 range (such as 180.05). Are these values considered ...
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Geoserver WMS animator to animate layers along with its data(e.g time)

i am going to create animated map by the use of geoserver WMS animator in which the animation parameters like "APARAM" takes the value 'layers' and "AVALUE" takes the layer name in the geoserver(aprox ...
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How to change selection tolerance for WMS/WFS in QGIS?

Does anyone know if there is any equal function to the selection tolerance (ArcMap) in QGIS. I have a problem activating points in my WMS/WFS. The "selection tolerance" function solves the problem in ...
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WMS GetMap MIME type error

After adding the following to the top of my index.html page <!DOCTYPE html> I begin to receive the following error on my GetMap WMS request Resource interpreted as Image but ...
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Use a WMS raster in ArcGIS 10 and combine with vector layer as an

I have connected to a WMS server which provided a raster images which are a LIDAR surface elevation map. http://data.gov.uk/dataset/lidar-digital-surface-model-wms I also have a vector layer which ...
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Customize display of WMS GetFeatureInfo results

i have a popup that get the featureInfo on the map, what i want to do is to customize the display of the WMS GetInfo Results, i don't want to avoid automatic alphabetic sortingof the attribute ...
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WMSGetFeatureInfo returns blank

I've been working on a WMS with a QuantumGIS server. So I've added the QGIS map as a layer to my OpenLayers map on my webpage. Now I want to use the WMSGetFeatureInfo function of OpenLayers to get ...
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Adding a WMS - connection timed out?

I am trying to add a WMS service to qgis but am having some problems. After adding the url and name of the service and clicking on connect, I am receiving the following error message:- "Could not ...

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