[OSGeo Africa] Adding the NGI 50 cm colour orthophotography as WFS

[admire]

Hi Heidi

On 08/07/2016 10:09, Tim Sutton wrote:
> Hi Heidi
>
>> On 08 Jul 2016, at 10:02 AM, Heidi Van Deventer <HvDeventer at csir.co.za> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Tim
>>
>> thanks, yes I meant a Web Map Service.
>>
>> The website you sent gives the following error "mapserv(): Web application error. Traditional BROWSE mode requires a TEMPLATE in the WEB section, but none was provided. "'
>>
> Just open QIGS, (or your *cough* other GIS app) and add a new WMS connection using that URL and it will work.
Alternatively just download this file osm aerial 
<http://filegooi.co.za/get2/4685f8c8f0bd90b7a438f1cc6e466098/osm_aerial.zip>
And add the xml as a raster layer in QGIS.

Regards

Admire
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
>> Heidi
>>
>>
>>>>> Tim Sutton <tim at kartoza.com> 08/07/2016 09:52 >>>
>> Hi
>>
>>> On 08 Jul 2016, at 8:16 AM, Heidi Van Deventer <HvDeventer at csir.co.za> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear list
>>>
>>> can anyone advise whether the NGI 50 cm colour orthophotography is available as a WFS in QGIS?
>>>
>> Do you mean WMS? If so you can use this unofficial URI:
>>
>> http://aerial.openstreetmap.org.za/wms-ngi-aerial
>>
>> I'm not sure if it has the most current imagery in it though - grant slater from OSM could probably comment on that...
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Heidi
>>>
>>>
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