Topic 2.2.1: URL Syntax

  • URL Syntax 
  • The OpenGIS® Web Map Service Interface Standard (WMS) provides a simple HTTP interface for requesting geo-registered map images from one or more distributed GEOSpatial databases. A WMS request defines the geographic layer(s) and area of interest to be processed. The response to the request is one or more geo-registered map images (returned as JPEG, PNG, etc.) that can be displayed in a browser application. You can use URL parameters to communicate with a WMS service in GISIZE GEOSpatial. For more information check the link http://www.open GEOSpatial .org/standards/wms 
  • The online resource of each operation supported by a compliant WMS server is an HTTP uniform resource locator (URL), so a WMS service can be considered to be a Representational State Transfer (REST) service. Unlike a standard web service, a SOAP client is not necessary for consuming a WMS service, and a web browser is the simplest client. You can get a WMS service's map image by sending a URL request to the server and viewing the corresponding responses in the browser as either an XML document or an image. 

When editing the URL of a custom online Map Provider the next wild cards are supported: 

  • {0}: Origin latitude
  • {1}: Origin longitude
  • {2}: Ending latitude 
  • {3}: Ending longitude 
  • {4}: Tile Width in pixels 
  • {5}: Tile Height in pixels 
  • {6}: Layers list
  • {7}: Zoom level
  • {8}: X position
  • {9}: Y position 
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