Add Web Map Service (WMS) Backgrounds

You can add web map service backgrounds and use them in map visualizations.

Web map service backgrounds are hosted dynamically on a web server using the Web Map Service (WMS) protocol. You can use them to integrate maps containing information that you might not have in your enterprise, and easily present it spatially with your data.
  1. On your home page, click Navigator Navigator icon used to display the Navigator, and click Console.
  2. In the Console, select Maps, click Backgrounds, and then click Map Backgrounds.
  3. Click Add Background and select Web Map Service from the list.
  4. Click the General tab and enter a name and description.
  5. In URL, enter the full URL for the web map service.

    Contact your web map service provider to find out the correct URL.

    For example, https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gebco_web_services/web_map_services/mapserv.

    Version automatically displays the web map service protocol version used by the WMS provider. The default value is 1.1.1 but you can select an alternative version from the drop-down list.

    Coordinate Reference System automatically displays the reference system used by the host provider. The default value EPSG:3857 is the coordinate system used for projecting maps in 2 dimensions. Hover over the tooltip icon for details.

  6. Click I agree to trust this external host to automatically add the host to your list of safe domains.
  7. In Layers, enter the name of each background map layer that you want to use. Click the cross (x) icon to remove a layer.
  8. Click Format if you need to change the image type.
  9. Display the Parameters tab and click Add Parameter.

    Parameters that you enter are included in the URL and tell the hosting server what to display in the map background (for example, image type, layer, geographic extent of the map, size of the returned image).

  10. Enter parameters that you want to pass in the URL to the host server in key:value format.

    Use this URL to find parameters that you can use for this web map service:

    http://<url_of_the_map_server>?request=getCapabilities&service=wms

  11. Click Save to add the background map layer to the list of available map backgrounds.

    You must refresh a page to see any changes.

  12. Click Preview to display a preview of the map background.

    The Preview tab only becomes available after the page is saved and refreshed . This is because the refresh enables recognition of the safe domains.