Selecting WMS Servers
Selecting WMS Servers
The first time you use the WMS feature, there are no servers defined. You
can begin by clicking the mActionAddWmsLayerAdd WMS layer button inside the toolbar,
or through the Layer>mActionAddWmsLayerAdd
WMS Layer... menu.
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The dialog Add Layer(s) from a Server for adding layers from the WMS server pops up. Fortunately you can
add some servers to play with by clicking the Add default servers
button. This will add at least three WMS servers for you to use, including the NASA (JPL)
WMS server. To define a new WMS server in the Server Connections section,
select New. Then enter the parameters to connect to your desired
WMS server, as listed in table <A HREF="#tab:wms_connection_parms">2</A>:
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| Name | A name for this connection. This name will be used in the Server Connections drop-down box so that you can distinguish it from other WMS Servers. |
| URL <A NAME="41"></A> | URL of the server providing the data. This must be a resolvable host name; the same format as you would use to open a telnet connection or ping a host. |
| Username <A NAME="42"></A> | Username to access a secured WMS-server. This parameter is optional |
| Password | Password for a basic authentificated WMS-server. This parameter is optional. |
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<P> If you need to set up a proxy-server to be able to receive WMS-services from the internet, you can add your proxy-server in the options. Choose menu Settings > mActionOptionsOptions and click on the Proxy tab. There you can add your proxy-settings and enable them by setting the Use proxy for web access. Make sure that you select the correct proxy-type from the Proxy type dropdown menu.
<P> Once the new WMS Server connection has been created, it will be preserved for future QGIS sessions.
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