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I am trying to add a FEMA Hazard WMS layer to QGIS. I am using QGIS version 3.4.11-Madeira. I have used a shapefile in the past, but the hope with the WMS is that it would auto-update.

I went to https://hazards.fema.gov/femaportal/wps/portal/NFHLWMS and copied the url https://hazards.fema.gov/gis/nfhl/rest/services/public/NFHLWMS/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

Then I clicked add new layer, WMS, new, I pasted the URL WMS url above and clicked connect. I get the following response.

The server you are trying to connect to does not seem to be a WMS server. Please check the URL.

Instead of the capabilities string that was expected, the following response has been received:Could not get WMS capabilities: error occurred while parsing reference at line 86 column 118

This is probably due to an incorrect WMS Server URL.

I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong.

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  • I am using QGIS version 3.4.11-Madeira
    – Hanover
    Commented Dec 2, 2019 at 17:07
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    works when you use ArcGISMapServer connection rather than WMS/WMTS connection
    – Mapperz ♦
    Commented Dec 2, 2019 at 17:20

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I got the same error messages when trying to connect to the WMS server, but I was able to connect to the data by two other methods:

  1. Use the links provided under the header, "ArcGIS REST Service," to add an ArcGIS Map Server connection.

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  2. Use the link for OGC Web Feature Service (WFS) to connect to a WFS server.

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  • I used the ArcGIS REST Service and it worked! Thanks for the help.
    – Hanover
    Commented Dec 2, 2019 at 17:48

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