Web Map Service

1) Overview
2) Downloads
3) Official Schemas
4) Related News

1) Overview

The OpenGIS® Web Map Service Interface Standard (WMS) provides a simple HTTP interface for requesting geo-registered map images from one or more distributed geospatial databases. A WMS request defines the geographic layer(s) and area of interest to be processed. The response to the request is one or more geo-registered map images (returned as JPEG, PNG, etc) that can be displayed in a browser application. The interface also supports the ability to specify whether the returned images should be transparent so that layers from multiple servers can be combined or not.

NOTE: WMS 1.3 and ISO 19128 are the same documents.

2) Downloads

Version	Document Title (click to download)	Document #	Type
1.3.0	OpenGIS Web Map Service (WMS) Implementation Specification	06-042	IS
	Web Map Services - Application Profile for EO Products (0.3.3)	07-063r1	BP
	Web Map Services - Application Profile for EO Products (0.2.0)	07-063	D-BP
	OpenGIS Web Map Services - Application Profile for EO Products (0.1.0)	06-093	D-DP
	DGIWG - Web Map Service 1.3 Profile - Revision (2.0)	09-102r3	BP
	DGIWG WMS 1.3 Profile and systems requirements for interoperability for use within a military environment (0.9.0)	09-102	D-BP
	OpenGIS Tiled WMS Discussion Paper (0.3.0)	07-057r2	D-DP
	OGC Best Practice for using Web Map Services (WMS) with Time-Dependent or Elevation-Dependent Data (1.0)	12-111r1	BP
1.3.0	Web Map Service	03-109r1	D-RP
1.3.0	OpenGIS Web Map Service Client (WMS) Implementation Specification	06-042	CC
1.1.1	Web Map Service	01-068r3	D-IS
1.1	Web Map Service	01-047r2	D-IS
1.0	Web Map Service	00-028	D-IS
0.9	WMS - Proposed Animation Service Extension	06-045r1	DP
0.1.0	WMS Change Request: Support for WSDL & SOAP	04-050r1	DP
0.0.3	WMS Part 2: XML for Requests using HTTP Post	02-017r1	DP