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Anyone know of a good open webmap service to show off terrain in JMP?

Peter_Hersh

I am hoping to recreate what I get out of Strava in JMP. Something that looks similar to what I have below.

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JohnPonte

To respond to the original question - the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides some publicly available WMS servers:

https://basemap.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/USGSTopo/MapServer/WmsServer?

https://basemap.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/USGSImageryOnly/MapServer/WmsServer?

https://basemap.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/USGSImageryTopo/MapServer/WmsServer?

Notice the only difference is the type of map provided. One is Topo, the second is Imagery and the third is Topo and Imagery combined. In all cases, the layer is 0 (the number 0, not the letter O).

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Jason_Wiggins

I use caltopo.com almost exclusively.

https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=34.48845,-83.93555&z=4&b=map

There is a lot of capability built into the app. I found this easy to follow youtube video that can help you get started.

https://youtu.be/_wnYsnee7CY

Peter_Hersh

Thanks Jason still looking to see if these maps can be brought into JMP as background maps.

Jason_Wiggins

I have not been able to crack the code on this yet. It should be possible with a CALTOP Pro license -which I have. With a pro license you are given URLs with an API key and the ability to add custom layers. These are my available URLs

I have tried to input both WMTS and WMS URLs and a layer I built into Graph Builder. Neither URLs work

I ping CALTOPO support and got the following reply:

Hi there,

Are you using the Universal API as was mentioned in the previous help discussion you supplied? If so, I would enter your endpoint as: http://caltopo.com/api/MSNRKC/wmts/tile/t/{z}/{x}/{y}.pnghttp://caltopo.com/api/MSNRKC/wmts/tile/t/%7BZ%7D/%7BX%7D/%7BY%7D.png

Please let us know if that does it. Thank you, Rom

I am not sure what JMP expects here so I am not sure how to interpret the endpoint suggestion. Can anyone else help us get over this hurdle?

JohnPonte

The JMP OpenStreetMap server supports a Web Mapping Service (WMS) API. So in the background map dialog use the WMS API provided by the server - in your case it looks like it is: http://caltopo.com/api/M5NRKC/wms. Is M5NRKC your key? If not, you probably need to provide the key as well. To do that add a question mark followed by the correct syntax for your key - such as ?key=xxxxx. That is just an example. I don't know what the correct syntax would be for your particular server.

JohnPonte

To respond to the original question - the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides some publicly available WMS servers:

https://basemap.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/USGSTopo/MapServer/WmsServer?

https://basemap.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/USGSImageryOnly/MapServer/WmsServer?

https://basemap.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/USGSImageryTopo/MapServer/WmsServer?

Notice the only difference is the type of map provided. One is Topo, the second is Imagery and the third is Topo and Imagery combined. In all cases, the layer is 0 (the number 0, not the letter O).

Jason_Wiggins

Just tried USGS url's. They work great!

Peter_Hersh

Thanks John! That is what I was looking for.