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===== About ===== | ===== About ===== | ||
- | **WMS** (Web Map Service) is a standard protocol for serving georeferenced map images over the Internet that are generated by map servers using data from a **GIS database**. These are usually statistical | + | **WMS** (Web Map Service) is a standard protocol for serving georeferenced map images over the Internet that are generated by map servers using data from GIS databases. These maps or map data layers |
- | **Locus Map** offers a variety of worldwide sources that can be displayed or you can enter a direct URL to activate any WMS source you wish. | + | WMS can serve almost any type of map. Beginning with **topographic maps, historic maps, satellite, and aerial images, cycling routes, town plans**, ending with various data layers like **cadastral maps, weather services, environmental layers**, etc. |
- | < | + | For more info, read this [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ |
- | ===== Displaying WMS Maps ===== | + | <WRAP info round> |
- | Choose **WMS tab** in the Maps Manager (the tab can be switched off so select | + | * Map manager |
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- | <WRAP important round> | + | |
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- | When you launch | + | ===== 1. Add WMS source ===== |
+ | **Locus Map** offers a library of worldwide WMS sources where you can select or you can enter a direct URL to add any WMS source | ||
+ | ==== Web Services library ==== | ||
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+ | * tap {{: | ||
+ | * Locus Map offers WMS sources **available in your area according to your GPS location**: | ||
+ | * to specify your selection, use **fultext search**:\\ {{ : | ||
+ | * tap the selected source - it is added to the **WMS tab**:\\ {{ : | ||
- | Select layers to display, adjust their visibility above the active map and confirm. <wrap important> | + | ==== Add manually ==== |
- | Be aware that not all layers may be visible in all areas and in all zoom levels. | + | * tap {{: |
- | </ | + | * enter the WMS source |
- | The WMS source | + | * the source is added to the **WMS tab** |
+ | * if you think other Locus users would appreciate your link too, please, ask us to **add it to the public WMS library**:\\ {{ : | ||
- | **Long tap** at a source displays an **information window** about the source provider, | + | Other **Action menu** items: |
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+ | * **Layers** - available layers in the source | ||
+ | * **Center map** - aligns the map center with the cursor position in case your real location is outside the map | ||
+ | * **Re-initialize** - reloads required information from WMS server and sets the map to default values | ||
+ | * **Disable** - hides selected WMS layers in the map | ||
+ | * **Remove** - deletes the WMS source from the tab | ||
- | **Action menu** at the WMS source | + | ===== 2. Display WMS map ===== |
- | * **Details** - information window mentioned above | + | |
- | | + | * a **list of available layers** and an **opacity slider** appears:\\ {{ : |
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- | | + | <WRAP round important> |
- | * | + | * WMS map is displayed |
- | | + | * not all WMS layers |
- | ===== WMS Map Screen | + | </ |
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+ | ===== WMS controllers | ||
After a WMS map is activated two new control buttons appear in the upper left corner:\\ {{ : | After a WMS map is activated two new control buttons appear in the upper left corner:\\ {{ : | ||
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- | ===== WMS Maps Sources===== | ||
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- | If you do not have a direct WMS link, try recommended **[[manual: | ||
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- | Tap //Add to Locus// links directly in your phone web browser (access to this page is also from your **Locus Map Manager WMS tab**). | ||
- | **Locus Map** supports WMS specification versions **1.1.1, 1.3.0** | + | <WRAP round important> |
- | <WRAP round alert> | + | |
Current WMS support does not have any mechanism for tile caching. All data are stored only in your device' | Current WMS support does not have any mechanism for tile caching. All data are stored only in your device' | ||
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