User`s guide
R2014a
3-4
servers = layers.servers
The following specific updates have been made to the WMS Database since the last
release:
• Three new WMS servers from NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information
Services Center (GES DISC). These servers provide near real-time Atmospheric
Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Calibrated Radiance data, Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
(AIRS) data, and Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) Gridded
Rainfall data. Search for the layers and servers using the urlSearchString
'disc1.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov'.
• Twenty new WMS servers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Geospatial
Computing Tile Server. These servers provide Digital Nautical Charts, Electronic
Nautical Charts, OpenStreetMap for the World, FAA Sectionals, Terminal Area
Charts, World Aeronautical Charts, and NOAA Raster Navigation Charts. Search for
the layers and servers using the urlSearchString 'geoint.nrlssc.navy.mil'.
• Three new WMS servers from Webservice-Energy.org. The Global Atlas for Solar and
Wind Energy provides solar and wind data designed to support policy formulation,
planning, and pre-feasibility studies for wind and solar projects. Search for the layers
and servers using the urlSearchString 'geoserver.webservice-energy.org'.
• Fifty-two new WMS servers from the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System
THREDDS servers. These servers provide bathymetry, water salinity, temperature,
velocity, sea surface height, and wave and tide model layers. Search for the layers and
servers using the urlSearchString 'oos.soest.hawaii.edu'.
• 2609 new WMS servers from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute THREDDS
server. These servers provide scientific data layers in meteorology, atmosphere,
climate, ocean, and Earth science. Search for the layers and servers using the
urlSearchString 'thredds.met.no'.
• Ten new WMS servers from the Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting
System THREDDS server. These servers provide scientific data layers in meteorology,
atmosphere, climate, ocean, and Earth science. Search for the layers and servers
using the urlSearchString 'thredds.socib.es'.
• Over 7,000 layers from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive
Center (ORNL DAAC) for biogeochemical dynamics. The server provides a number of
land cover, biophysical, elevation, and geopolitical layers. Search for the layers and
servers using the urlSearchString 'webmap.ornl.gov'.
• Three layers from the LANCE FIRMS WMS server from NASA. This server provides
layers for the latest MODIS Fire/Hotspot data. Search for the layers and servers
using the urlSearchString 'eosdis.nasa.gov'.