What Are the Default Web Map Services?

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What Are the Default Web Map Services?

URL

Source / Coverage Area

http://isse.cr.usgs.gov/arcgis/services/Orthoimagery/USGS_EROS_Ortho_NAIP_SCALE/ImageServer/WMSServer

National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP); 1- and 2-meter resolution

http://isse.cr.usgs.gov/arcgis/services/Orthoimagery/USGS_EROS_Ortho_1Foot_SCALE/ImageServer/WMSServer

USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center; 1-foot resolution

http://basemap.nationalmap.gov/ArcGIS/services/USGSTopo/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS  

USGS National Map Topographic Base Map  

http://basemap.nationalmap.gov/ArcGIS/services/USGSShadedReliefOnly/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

USGS Shaded Relief Basemap created from National Elevation Dataset (NED)

http://services.nationalmap.gov/ArcGIS/services/nhd/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

USGS National Map Hydrography – Streams and Watersheds

http://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/ArcGIS/services/ecosys_US/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

USGS National Map – Topographic Position, Surficial Lithology, Land Surface Forms

http://ows.terrestris.de/osm/service?

Open Street Map Basemap served by Mundialis

 

In the Web Mapping Service (WMS) as:

https://wms.ess-ws.nrcan.gc.ca/wms/toporama_en

 

Add this WMS URL to the Layers tab of the Web Mapping Services window to access the updated Toporama WMS:

https://maps.geogratis.gc.ca/wms/toporama_en?request=getcapabilities&service=wms&version=1.3.0

 

This WMS URL will be updated in a future build of EnviroInsite.

 

Earth Sciences Sector at Natural Resources Canada Toporama Web Map Service

http://imsref.cr.usgs.gov/WMS_Capabilities/USGS_EDC_National_Atlas/capabilities_1_1_1.xml  

USGS National Atlas<

http://ows.geobase.ca/wms/geobase_en?service=wms&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.1.1  

GeoBase Portal – Canadian Elevation, Land Cover, Boundaries, Hydrography, Roads

http://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/mapserver/base3  

British Columbia – Basemap, Transportation

http://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/imagex/ecw_wms.dll  

British Columbia – Orthophotos, Hillshade Relief

http://geoint.lmic.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/wms

Minnesota MnGeo Aerial Photography

https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/BGS_Detailed_Geology/MapServer/WMSServer?

UK Geological Map

https://map.dfg.ca.gov/arcgis/services/Base_Remote_Sensing/NAIP_2012/ImageServer/WMSServer?

California NAIP Aerial Photos

http://www.orthos.dhses.ny.gov/arcgis/services/Latest/MapServer/WMSServer

New York State - Annual Aerial Photos 2009 - 2014

http://ows.terrestris.de/osm-gray/service?

Gray Version of Open Street Map Basemaps