[wms-dev] WMS/WFS with global or regional coverage?

[Steve Morris]

This is an interesting discussion.  I work in the library sector and am 
currently working on an article about emerging challenges and 
opportunities for libraries in the area of geospatial web services, 
including supporting service discovery.  We've worked in the past with 
helping find maps and digital data; getting into the business of 
supporting access to web services requires thinking about things like 
functional metadata (what things do--not just content), service 
reliability metrics, relating data objects to services, etc.--new stuff 
to think about.

Another resource: The National Map Catalog is US-specific and not as 
extensive as other lists (presumably the listed services are in the 
GIDB), but it is  interesting in that it exposes an API and is stated to 
be working toward OGC Catalog Services 2.0 compliance.  Also, service 
reliability data is gathered and posted.  See: 
http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/catalog/tnm_catalog_page2.html   I read on 
the NRL DMAP site where OGC Catalog Services were planned there.  That 
would be very interesting.

One thing about NRL GIDB, is there a way to view the original 
capabilities file abstracts?  Also, is the Access Constraints field 
populated from the original capabilities files? 

Thanks,

Steve



JeffreyGHarrison at aol.com wrote:

> Hi Lev, I was just going to write an email that said, "Actually, the 
> best list of WMS in the world is from the NRL GIDB at 
> http://columbo.nrlssc.navy.mil/ogcwms/servlet/WMSServlet?REQUEST=ServiceLinks" 
> :)
>  
> I am going down the list now and testing the "regional and global" 
> services now for responsive and quality.
>  
> Regards,
> Jeff
>  
> In a message dated 1/19/2006 9:46:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> lshulman at nrlssc.navy.mil writes:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Try the GIDB Portal's WMS Interface http://dmap.nrlssc.navy.mil/ogcwms
>     We have all of the WMS sources that the Refractions Research
>     published
>     with their OGC survey, as well as hundreds of others. Many of the
>     listed
>     servers are ArcIMS or other formats that we expose as WMS.
>
>     Best,
>     Lev.
>
>     JeffreyGHarrison at aol.com wrote:
>
>     > Thanks much. This is a great resource, I've found several nice
>     sources
>     > over Africa and other regions.
>     > 
>     > I'm also finding that the ESRI Geography Network is a good resource.
>     > 
>     > Regards,
>     > Jeff 
>     > 
>     > In a message dated 1/19/2006 6:57:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>     > Jeroen.Ticheler at fao.org writes:
>     >
>     >     Hi,
>     >     We generate a list of all services at regular intervals. The
>     list
>     >     can
>     >     be accessed at http://193.43.36.137/ows/ows_index
>     >     You can also find the individual services by searching the FAO
>     >     GeoNetwork. Most of the services are global or continental
>     with a
>     >     focus on developing countries.
>     >     Greetings,
>     >     Jeroen
>     >
>     >     _______________________
>     >     Jeroen Ticheler
>     >     FAO-UN
>     >     http://www.fao.org/geonetwork
>     >     42.07420°N 12.34343°E
>     >
>     >
>     >     On 19 Jan 2006, at 00:16, JeffreyGHarrison at aol.com wrote:
>     >
>     >     > All:
>     >     >
>     >     > I'm trying to finalize the list of WMS/WFS service URLs
>     that will
>     >     > be included in a new interoperability extension product.
>     If anyone
>     >     > has any stable WMS or WFS that they would like considered
>     please
>     >     > feel free to respond to this email or contact me
>     directly.  The
>     >     > services should be
>     >     >
>     >     > 1) Stable
>     >     > 2) Provide regional or global data coverage
>     >     > 3) Open (i.e. no access restrictions)
>     >     >
>     >     > Thanks for your help in advance and I apologize if this
>     email is
>     >     > not directly related to "WMS Development"
>     >     >
>     >     > Regards,
>     >     > Jeff
>     >     >
>     >     > "Carbon Project" guy
>     >     >
>     >     >
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