Tag: GIS & Maps
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What is a Web Map Service?
The OpenGIS Web Map Service (WMS) internet standard defines a simple way for an HTTP client to request geo-registered map images from one or more distributed geospatial databases. The standard was published by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) in 1999 and is currently codified in ISO 19128 (which is the same document as WMS 1.3).…