WMS - Overview

Audience

Students that are familiar with web services and want to have an overview of WMS.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of the module students will be able to:

  • Explain what WMS is

  • Describe what can be done with WMS

  • Understand the main operations of WMS

  • Understand how to issue a GetMap request

  • Be able to find a WMS end point and use it in a client

Prerequisites

The following modules are prerequisites: