GeoBC: Information Services

Viewers

The following list provides links to some of the viewers that can be used to access the WMS services provided by the GeoBC Gateway. Please consult each viewer's online help to determine how it can be configured to connect to our Web Map Services.

ArcExplorer Web

ESRI’s ArcExplorer Web is a custom mapping application that lets you view one or multiple map services in your Web browser. You can also save the maps you create and include links to these maps on your Web site. ArcExplorer Web supports Web Map Services (WMS) and ArcIMS services, which means you can access hundreds of map services available through Internet mapping sites such as the Geography Network, and view these services individually or together.

Web Address: http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/download.html.

ArcGIS Desktop

Although not a free offering, ESRI’s ArcGIS Desktop allows you to analyze your data and author geographic knowledge to examine relationships, test predictions, and ultimately make better decisions. For detailed instructions on how to view WMS using ArcGIS-ArcMap visit: http://www.ilmb.gov.bc.ca/dm/wms/arcmap_connect.html

Web Address: http://www.esri.com/products/index.html

COINPacific

The COINPacific WMA has been developed with support from GeoConnections and Western Economic Diversification, is consistent with the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) architecture and fully compliant with Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards.

Web Address: http://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/imfows13/imf.jsp?site=coin

Gaia

Gaia™ is an open-geospatial viewer application. Based on the CarbonTools PRO™ open-geospatial development toolkit (www.CarbonTools.com), this viewer can access an array of geospatial sources such as the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Mapping Service (WMS), Web Coverage Service (WCS), and Web Feature Service (WFS), commercial services such as Microsoft Virtual Earth, and Yahoo! Maps as well as file formats such as ESRI Shapefiles, Google Earth KML/KMZ, DXF, MIF and Geography Markup Language (GML).

Web Address: http://www.thecarbonproject.com/gaia.php.

Intergraph OGC Viewer

Intergraph OGC Viewer facilitates collaboration of geospatial information stored in WMS sources. The thin-client Web-based application enables users to view one or more WMS servers accessed through Web sites that conform to the WMS interface standards defined by the OGC.

Web Address: http://www.intergraph.com/interoperability/ogcviewer.asp.

Nasa World Wind

Nasa World Wind allows any user to zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth, leveraging high resolution LandSat imagery and SRTM elevation data to experience Earth in visually rich 3D, just as if they were really there. Particular focus was put into the ease of usability so people of all ages can enjoy World Wind. World Wind was designed to run on recent PC hardware with 3D acceleration.

Web Address: http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/.

uDig

The User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS is both a geospatial application and a platform through which developers can create new, derived applications. uDig is a core element in an internet aware Geographic Information System (GIS).

Web Address: http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/Home.