A washout on a creek that regularly delivers torrents of mud and debris. So often the name of the creek is Mud Creek. The washout traps hundreds of campers and outdoor recreationists in a very popular backcountry area. SAR team and public safety members respond. The Ministry of Forests posts KML of the location, but on …
WMS can be a great source for map imagery, but many servers are vastly under powered. Also, most WMS servers render your map request on demand, which can take time and reduce the performance of an application, such as TrueNorth, using them as a data source. TileServers on the other hand can be blazingly fast …
A preface; this is not an April Fool’s joke. No, Web Map Serivce is a real thing and it’s one of the least known and most useful web-based mapping standards out there. Simply put, many government agencies put their maps online. By using WMS, they can make the map imagery available while keeping the underlying data “safe” — …