OGC Web Map Tile Service (WMTS)

The Web Map Service (WMS) allows allows raster data to be served using the OGC WMTS Web Map Service 1.0.0. To add data to GeognoSIS. see here.

Options are available inside an instance to :

Grant privileges
View the map being used by the service

Click Edit on an instance and select Web Services > OGC > Web Map Tile Service.

Options

To define read privileges, click Options > Privileges. Select desired users/groups from the drop-down menu.

To edit OGC definitions, click Options > Configuration. Enable Use Tile Cache Service for improved performance. This will serve pre-rendered/cached tiles at fixed scales, rather than creating a cache of tiles as the WMTS is used.

Field	Description
Abstract	The OGC service and who maintains the service.
Title	Title of the service as selected in the Service field.
Keywords	Keywords and keyword phrases for the specific page. (eg London, Buildings, Rivers)
Fees	Chargeable amount per day, pcm or annually (Eg £100 per day)
Access Constraints	Access constraints on the service (eg Available only from midnight Saturday or only for members of XY club)

Click Submit.

Data added here is purely for information and will be included in the WMTS capabilities document. Fees or access constraints are not validated.

To include other metadata, click Options > OGC Metadata.

To serve data using the INSPIRE Profile rather than the OGC Profile, enable the option on this screen. Contact Information added here will be included in the WMTS capabilities document.

URL

To discover the path used for the OGC WMTS you have just created, click the URL icon

Capabilities

A capabilities document is an XML document containing information about geographic content offered by the server. The document is generated by the WFS or WMTS server in response to a specific request and shows published feature types (like roads or rivers) and any supported operations (like insert and delete).

Select Capabilities to view the capabilities document for this service.