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

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Harrissou,

If you are looking for a reliable service, please use my WMS service as 
you wish in the docs (I first setup this mapfile back in 2003 !!):

   - online_resource: https://demo.gatewaygeomatics.com/cgi-bin/wms_gateway?
   - GetCapabilities: 
https://demo.gatewaygeomatics.com/cgi-bin/wms_gateway?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities

Also please let me know if you need any changes done for this service.

-jeff



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Jeff McKenna
GatewayGeo: MapServer Consulting and Training Services
co-founder of FOSS4G
http://gatewaygeo.com/



On 2021-01-08 11:16 a.m., DelazJ wrote:
> 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 
> <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 
> <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 
> <https://docs.qgis.org/3.16/en/docs/training_manual/answers/answers.html#moderate-finding-a-wms-server>
> 
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