DesktopWMS

Desktop WMS - A minimalistic local server serving WMS of (remote) OpenStreetMap and (local) images.

See also WorldFileTool, WMS.

About the Desktop WMS

Many GIS/geodata editors nowadays include the WMS protocol but often they lack support of free map services like OpenStreetMap and local images. OpenStreetMap serves as a free background maps and it's cached, tiled and remote. local images need to be georeferenced and aligned to north.

The software was inspired by Peter Damen's Google Maps WMS Server 'GoogleWMS' [1].

Features

• Runs locally in the background as a server.
• Can be accessed as a WMS service (version 1.1.1).
• Contains following predefined layers:
  • OpenStreetMap from remote OSM tile server (requires internet access).
  • (Google Maps Satellite or Yahoo Maps! could be a future option).
• Serves local images:
  • 'Ad-hoc' image layer; requires one image file (no tiling) and a World file as configuration (use e.g. [[WorldFileTool] to georeference]).
  • Tiled local image layer; requires tiled image file in local subdirectory.

Usage

Demo/Test with WMS calls (default port is 8998):

• Actual, unstable version:
  • GetCapabilities: [2]
  • GetMap: [3]
• Future versions:
  • GetCapabilities: [4]
  • GetMap with layer OpenStreetMap: [5]
  • GetMap with layer myimage (local image 'myimage.jpg'): ...

Download

• tbd.