[Mapserver-users] Finding WMS layers on the internet.

[Eric Sokolowsky]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Amit S BEHERE [mailto:abehere at cs.ucsd.edu] 
> > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 5:29 PM
> > To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> > Subject: [Mapserver-users] Finding WMS layers on the internet.
> > 
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > I am trying to find WMS services that show maps of Southern 
> > California (or anywhere in the US for that matter) to include 
> > in a MapServer demo. So I basically need some URLs to which I 
> > can issues GetCapabilities and getMap requests and get back 
> > XML (in case of getcapabilities) or maps (getmap request).I 
> > am particularly interested in Weather maps (clouds etc). Can 
> > anyone point me in the right direction ? I tried looking on 
> > the internet, however I found sophisticated mapservices. I am 
> > not interested in the interface or anything. I want to send 
> > raw getmap and getcapabilities requests.
> >
> 
> Here are some places where you can find WMS targets:
> 
> Components listed on GeoConnections Discovery Portal
> http://geodiscover.cgdi.ca/gdp/search?action=searchForm&entryType=webService
> 
> Components listed on cgdi-dev
> http://cgdi-dev.geoconnections.org/components/
> 
> Components listed on OGCNetwork
> http://www.ogcnetwork.org/
> 
> Components listed on USGS.net
> http://gisdata.usgs.net/
> 
> Try this WMS for weather:
> 
> http://geo.compusult.net/scripts/mapman.dll?Name=weather

You can also get a LandSat image mosaic here:
http://wmt.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/wmt.cgi


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