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- | ====== WMS Maps ====== | + | {{ : |
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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. |
- | ===== Displaying WMS Maps ===== | + | For more info, read this [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Map_Service|Wiki page]]. WMS maps are managed |
- | Choose **WMS tab** in the Maps Manager (the tab can be switched off so select | + | |
- | * ........ displays a list of **recommended WMS sources**. The best way how to begin with WMS. Just select and tap //Add to Locus//. | + | |
- | * ........ launches a dialog to enter your **WMS link manually**. | + | |
- | <wrap important> | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | When you launch a WMS source a **list of available layers** and a **opacity slider** appears - select layers to display, adjust their visibility above the active map and confirm. <wrap important> | + | <WRAP info round> |
- | Be aware that not all layers are visible in all places and in all zoom levels. | + | * Map manager |
- | </wrap> | + | </WRAP> |
- | The WMS source | + | ===== 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 you wish to the app. | ||
+ | ==== Web Services library ==== | ||
+ | * open **WMS tab** in the Maps Manager | ||
+ | * tap {{: | ||
+ | | ||
+ | * to specify your selection, use **fultext search**:\\ {{ : | ||
+ | * tap the selected | ||
- | **Action menu** at the WMS source provides following: | + | ==== Add manually ==== |
- | * ....... | + | * tap {{: |
- | * ....... **WMS Layers** - available layers in the source | + | * enter the WMS source address, name or password (if necessary) |
- | * ....... **Center Map** - centering | + | * the source |
- | * ....... **Re-initialize map** - reloads required information from WMS server | + | * if you think other Locus users would appreciate your link too, please, ask us to **add it to the public |
- | | + | |
- | * ....... **Delete** - deletes | + | |
- | ===== WMS Map Screen ===== | + | |
- | After a WMS map display two new control buttons appear in the upper left corner: | + | |
- | * ........ displays the **opacity slider** and **active | + | |
- | * ........ displays a **particular | + | |
- | ===== WMS Maps Sources===== | + | |
- | **Locus Map** supports WMS specification versions **1.1.1, 1.3.0** | + | |
- | <WRAP round alert> | + | Other **Action menu** items: |
- | Current WMS support does not have any mechanism for tile caching. All data are stored only in your device' | + | |
- | </ | + | * **Layers** - available layers in the source |
- | Recommended | + | * **Center map** - aligns the map center with the cursor position |
+ | | ||
+ | * **Disable** - hides selected | ||
+ | | ||
- | <WRAP round tip> | + | ===== 2. Display WMS map ===== |
- | Use //Add to Locus// links directly in your phone web browser (access to this page is also from your **Locus Map Manager | + | * tap the selected WMS source in the map manager |
+ | * a **list of available layers** and an **opacity slider** appears:\\ {{ : | ||
+ | * select layers to display, adjust their visibility above the active map and confirm. | ||
+ | <WRAP round important> | ||
+ | * WMS map is displayed | ||
+ | * not all WMS layers may be visible in all areas and in all zoom levels. | ||
</ | </ | ||
+ | ===== WMS controllers ===== | ||
+ | After a WMS map is activated two new control buttons appear in the upper left corner:\\ {{ : | ||
+ | * {{: | ||
+ | * {{: | ||
+ | |||
+ | <WRAP round important> | ||
+ | Current WMS support does not have any mechanism for tile caching. All data are stored only in your device' | ||
+ | </ |