[Qgis-community-team] Looking for a reliable free with global data wms service to mention as example in the docs

[Alexandre Neto]

Hi Harrissou,

I bet Giovanni has a couple of stable services that we can use.

Alexandre

On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 3:44 PM DelazJ <delazj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Re,
>
> I also came across those not working urls in the training manual (
> https://docs.qgis.org/3.16/en/docs/training_manual/online_resources/wms.html#basic-ty
> ):
> - http://196.33.85.22/cgi-bin/ZAF_CGS_Bedrock_Geology/wms
> - http://ogc.gbif.org:80/wms
>
> Thanks,
> Harrissou
>
> Le ven. 8 janv. 2021 à 16:16, DelazJ <delazj at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> Hi list
>>
>> I'm walking through the docs and fix (replacing or removing) a bunch of
>> external broken hyperlinks [0], but there is one I can't find a correct
>> replacement for and I need your help.
>>
>> In [1], the docs mentions
>> http://apps1.gdr.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/worldmin_en-ca_ows as an example of
>> working WMS service. Fact is that the link is unavailable years later, and
>> not redirected. I could find a kind of replacement (using same dataset I
>> think) in a US website but that relies on an ESRI app... and the service
>> looks quite unstable too (long to proceed, does not open every time). I've
>> also browsed the web but I'm tired with testing and lost.
>>
>> So, can anyone more used to these, please suggest a WMS service that:
>> - is freely accessible (no fees) and without constraints
>> - provides a data that may concern the whole world (global) - not
>> necessarily related to "minerals" as the previous link
>> - is running on an OSGeo tool
>> - held by an organisation or public administration
>>
>> I don't think there will be a lot of traffic on that server. No worries...
>>
>> Thanks for any help,
>> Harrissou
>>
>> [0] https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/6429
>> [1]
>> https://docs.qgis.org/3.16/en/docs/training_manual/answers/answers.html#moderate-finding-a-wms-server
>>
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