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What is Web Map Service (WMS)

Chapter 4
Handbook of Research on Geoinformatics
Produces maps of spatially referenced data dynamically from geographic information. This international standard defines a “map” to be a portrayal of geographic information as a digital image file suitable for display on a computer screen. A map is not the data itself. WMS-produced maps are generally rendered in a pictorial format such as PNG, GIF or JPEG. This is in contrast to a Web Feature Service (WFS), which returns the actual data.
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Different Roles and Definitions of Spatial Data Fusion
Patrik Skogster (Rouaniemi University of Applied Sciences, Finland)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-995-3.ch004
Abstract
Geographic information is created by manipulating geographic (or spatial) data (generally known by the abbreviation geodata) in a computerized system. Geo-spatial information and geomatics are issues of modern business and research. It is essential to provide their different definitions and roles in order to get an overall picture of the issue. This article discusses about the problematic of definitions, but also the technologies and challenges within spatial data fusion.
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Geospatial Semantic Web for Spatial Data Sharing
The Web Map Service is capable of creating and displaying maps that come simultaneously from multiple heterogeneous sources in a standard image format.
Published in Chapter: Geospatial Semantic Web for Spatial Data Sharing; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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