5. Use of WMS in MapServer

For many years, the standardization and interoperability of GIS applications have been concerned and actively engaged in by all organizations and individuals, including governments, enterprises, institutions and groups. Under the common concern of the whole society represented by OGC, the standardization work of GIS industry, including WebGIS, has made great progress.

The functions of MapServer are all introduced in a more traditional way. At present, the form of WebGIS may be more in the form of map services, and MapServer also supports most map services at present. The most basic of these is WMS, used for map publishing.

• 5.1. OWSlib Introduction and Installation
  • 5.1.1. Introduction
  • 5.1.2. Installation
• 5.2. WMS service with GetCapabilities access
  • 5.2.1. Instruction
  • 5.2.2. Access the WMS service
  • 5.2.3. GetCapabilities access
  • 5.2.4. View the map
• 5.3. Use WMS Services GetMap in MapServer
  • 5.3.1. Request with GetMap
  • 5.3.2. View the map
  • 5.3.3. Configure with GetMap
  • 5.3.4. Get a partial map with GetMap
• 5.4. WMS GetFeatureInfo access
  • 5.4.1. GetFeatureInfo request using WMS service in MapServer
  • 5.4.2. View the map
  • 5.4.3. Access using GetFeatureInfo
• 5.5. Use MapServer as a WMS client
  • 5.5.1. View examples
  • 5.5.2. Definition of MapServer
  • 5.5.3. Additional information
• 5.6. Draw maps with style layer
  • 5.6.1. Support for named styles
  • 5.6.2. Example
• 5.7. WMS layers use SLD
  • 5.7.1. Definition and effect of SLD
  • 5.7.2. Definition and effect of SLD 1.1.0
• 5.8. WMS layer metadata
  • 5.8.1. Introduction
  • 5.8.2. WMS layer metadata technical details