Web Map Service (WMS) is a standard protocol for serving the georeferenced map images over the internet that are generated by map server using data from GIS database.
To set your WMS service, fill in the following fields and specify below options:
Service name – the name of the WMS service describing its purpose
is displayed in the list of services. The default name is automatically
defined from the link to the service. Press Edit
if you want to edit the service name.
WMS Service link –
the path to the WMS service. The Go to
service page button
is provided to quickly go to the service parameters page.
WFS Service link –
the path to the WFS service. The Go to
service page button
is provided to quickly go to the service parameters page. WFS service
allows getting view and edit access to the map data.
Note that only one link should be specified - either WMS or WFS.
Layers – this option allows to limit the set of displayed service layers. For each service you can specify separate layers, that will be used in your map application. To specify the layers list shown on the map, enter the required range of values (with a hyphen) in the Layers field or enter the map service layers ID separated by a comma. To add the group layer and all its layers to the map, specify the layers ID only.
Group to layer – for your convenience the layers of one service can be grouped to the group layer. To do this enter the name of the layer in the Group to layer field (note to repeat this in settings of all services supposed to be grouped).
Tools – the set of tools provided for setting options of using the service in the map application:
Use in map
– specify, whether the service should be displayed on the map. To
show the service on the map, press this button, to hide it - press
the button again.
Use in legend
– specify, whether the service layers should
be displayed in the Map legend
tab. To show the service layer in the tab, press this button, to hide
it - press the button again.
Use in search
– specify, whether the service should be used in the search option
of your interactive map. Press this button if you want to use the
service in the search, and press it again, if you don't.
Use in identification dialog – specify,
whether the service should be used in the identification dialog of
the feature (i.e. to be identified on the map). Press this button
to allow identifying data of the service layers.
Use in attribute table – specify,
whether the service should be used in the attribute table in the interactive
map. To allow using service in the attribute table press the button,
and press it again to turn this option off.
Settings
– press
this button to open the dialog with additional service settings.
Service layers visibility – this setting
allows to specify the default representation of your service layers.
To align the layers visibility with settings specified in the service,
select the By default
option. To show all layers select Show
all
, to hide all layers - select Hide
all
.
Show only visible layers in map legend – specify the default visibility
option for the invisible service layers listed in the map legend.
Refresh map once in – specify the period of time in seconds, when the service data will be automatically refreshed on your map.