[GRASS-user] Importing NAIP from WMS?

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Jeshua,

I haven't tested r.in.wms yet, but I can help you to learn about the WMS 
layers:

- as the r.in.wms manual[1] states, you must always look at the 
capabilities of the WMS service to get the layer names

- a list of NAIP services can be found at 
https://gis.apfo.usda.gov/arcgis/rest/services/NAIP/

- clicking on the NAIP/California service, on the resulting page there 
will be a small "WMS" link in the top left of the page, this is the 
GetCapabilities for that service, click it 
(https://gis.apfo.usda.gov/arcgis/services/NAIP/California_2016_60cm/ImageServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS)

- look for a <layer> <name> parameter in that response.  Unfortunately 
ArcGIS services are awful for metadata, so you can see here that the 
layer is named "0"  (lovely, so very helpful, ha).

- if you want another way to find your WMS layer names, use that service 
in QGIS and click on the "Add WMS layer" button, create a new 
connection, and use this for the URL: 
https://gis.apfo.usda.gov/arcgis/services/NAIP/California_2016_60cm/ImageServer/WMSServer?

Hope that helps.

[1] https://grass.osgeo.org/grass73/manuals/r.in.wms.html

-jeff



-- 
Jeff McKenna
MapServer Consulting and Training Services
http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/








[1] https://grass.osgeo.org/grass73/manuals/r.in.wms.html



On 2017-07-03 9:32 PM, Jeshua Lacock wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Is it possible to import NAIP data using the USDA WMS server with r.in.wms?
> 
> Instructions how to use their WMS server is here:
> 
> https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Assets/USDA-FSA-Public/usdafiles/APFO/2013_apfo_web_service_931.pdf
> 
> To download the NAIP for say California, its not clear to me what to specify for the layer(s) name(s).
> 
> Whatever I have tried I get a message:
> 
> "Unable to import pyGRASS: grass_gis.7.2.1 not found.”
> 
> I’m not sure if that has anything to do with not being able to get any data to download or I just don’t know what I am doing.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeshua Lacock
> Founder/Engineer
> <3DTOPO.com>
> GlassPrinted.com
>