[talk-au] VicMap in Potlatch2

[Ross Scanlon]

Thanks.

It can also be used in josm.

Edit->Preferences->WMS/TMS

add a new tms

http://whoots.mapwarper.net:80/tms/{zoom}/{x}/{y}/WEB_MERCATOR/http://api.maps.vic.gov.au/geowebcacheWM/service/wms?VERSION=1.1.1&TILED=true

Cheers
Ross


On 14/05/14 11:08, Steve Bennett wrote:
> Hi all,
>    I've just discovered you can add VicMap, Victoria's open data
> licensed authoritative mapping service, into Potlatch 2. It's not at all
> obvious how, so here's the answer:
>
> In "Background", click "Edit" then add:
> http://whoots.mapwarper.net:80/tms/$z/$x/$y/WEB_MERCATOR/http://api.maps.vic.gov.au/geowebcacheWM/service/wms?VERSION=1.1.1&TILED=true
>
> To explain:
> - Vicmap provides an "API" which is basically a weird forked version of
> OpenLayers:
> http://api.maps.vic.gov.au/index.php/developers-resources/javascript-api
> - Digging through that you can find their actual WMS endpoint, which is
> http://api.maps.vic.gov.au/vicmapapi/map/wms
> - Except, that data is in EPSG 3111 projection, rather than the web
> standard EPSG 3857. Their documentation says that EPSG 3857 will be
> available by the "end of August 2013", then no more info about it:
> http://api.maps.vic.gov.au/index.php/product-information/projections-sacles/web-mercator
> - Anyway it turns out the EPSG 3857 projection is available at
> http://api.maps.vic.gov.au/geowebcacheWM/service/wms (I assume the WM
> stands for 'web mercator', aka EPSG 3857)
> - But still, it's only provided as a WMS service, which isn't directly
> supported by Potlatch 2. That's why you need to use the
> whoots.mapwarper.net <http://whoots.mapwarper.net> proxying service
> which converts WMS to web tiles.
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Steve
>
>
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