{"id":1253,"date":"2021-09-27T16:11:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T16:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/27\/how-to-add-neo-layers-to-your-map-using-the-neo-web-mapping-service-wmsnasa-earth-observations-neoon-february-8-2021-at-1147-pm\/"},"modified":"2021-09-27T16:16:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T16:16:51","slug":"how-to-add-neo-layers-to-your-map-using-the-neo-web-mapping-service-wmsnasa-earth-observations-neoon-february-8-2021-at-1147-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/27\/how-to-add-neo-layers-to-your-map-using-the-neo-web-mapping-service-wmsnasa-earth-observations-neoon-february-8-2021-at-1147-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add NEO layers to your map using the NEO Web Mapping Service (WMS)NASA Earth Observations (NEO)on February 8, 2021 at 11:47 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Little Background Information on WMS<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Web Mapping Service (WMS) protocol<\/a> has been around since 1999 and gives users the capability to access georeferenced maps via machine-to-machine contact. This means you can connect to a WMS server from a software of your choice that has WMS capabilities and load all or some of the datasets that are included on the WMS server you connect to. <\/p>\n

There are a couple of required request types by a WMS server: GetMap and GetCapabilities. GetCapabilities provides information on what is available with a WMS service and GetMap provides the image map along with the image-specific metadata. NEO\u2019s Capabilities Document<\/a> is located on the WMS information page<\/a>. <\/p>\n

How to use the NEO WMS service<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are several ways to connect to NEO\u2019s WMS server with different software. In fact, Wikipedia has a list of software with the WMS capability<\/a> to explore. For this tutorial, we are going to use a free and open-source desktop geographic information system application called, QGIS<\/a>. Assuming you have already installed QGIS on your machine, follow these simple steps to get started:<\/p>\n

Open a new QGIS project and go to Layer > Add Layer > Add WMS\/ WMTS Layer\u2026<\/p>\n

This is an example of how to navigate to the \u201cAdd WMS\/ WMTS Layer\u2026\u201d button. <\/p>\n

The Data Source Manager<\/strong> window should have popped up. Click New<\/strong><\/em> and the Create a New WMS\/ WMTS Connection<\/strong> window will pop up. Fill in Name and URL:For Name, I am going to call it, \u201cNASA Earth Observations<\/strong>\u201c.The NEO WMS URL is: https:\/\/neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov\/wms\/wms<\/a><\/strong>Click OK and you will see the NEO datasets populate in the Layers box. <\/p>\n

This is an example of the Data Source Manager with the NEO WMS service loaded in the layers box. <\/p>\n

You can Select<\/em> the datasets you want to add to the map from here or, I prefer to close this window and add data to the map from the Browser <\/strong>window. From the Browser<\/strong> window, double-click<\/em> a few of the datasets you would like to add to your map. I am going to add the Blue Marble basemap and the 1 month Chlorophyll Concentration Aqua\/ MODIS dataset. <\/p>\n

Here is what it looks like to add datasets from the Browser window in QGIS. In this image I am viewing the Blue Marble map with the 1 month Chlorophyll Concentration Aqua\/ MODIS dataset overlaid. <\/p>\n

This is just a start to using the WMS service. There are plenty of other ways to use WMS capabilities as long as you have the URL (https:\/\/neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov\/wms\/wms) and you know what datasets you want to use from the WMS service. <\/p>\n

We would love to hear how you are using our WMS service. Please let us know in the comments below. <\/p>\n\n

NASA Earth Observations (NEO)Quickly learn how to use the NEO Web Mapping Service (WMS) protocol.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Little Background Information on WMS The Web Mapping Service (WMS) protocol has been around since 1999 and gives users the capability to access georeferenced maps via machine-to-machine contact. This means you can connect to a WMS server from a software of your choice that has WMS capabilities and load all or some of the…
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