> Objective

• This section explains what WMS and WFS are and what the difference is between these two services  

• This section shows how to add WMS and WFS connections   

> Index / Table of Contents

• Introduction  

• Tutorial(s)  

  • WMS/WFS connections  

  • Web Map Service (WMS)  

  • Difference between WMS and WFS 

• QGIS installation  

> Summary and Highlights

Introduction  

Geographical data can also be accessed by connecting to a server. This is possible by using web services. This section covers on the Web Map Service (WMS) and Web Feature Service (WFS), which are the services most commonly used. Using these web services saves memory space, since the data do not need to be downloaded, and allows the users to always have up-to-date data. While WMS mainly focuses on raster image, WFS focuses more on vector data. 

Tutorial(s)  

WMS/WFS connections  

• Connect to WMS and WFS   TOI-pedia: “Adding WMS/WFS connections”  Language(s): English  Chapters: introduction, background, overview of web services, Web Map Service (WMS), Web Feature Service (WFS), procedure, useful web services, examples  http://wiki.bk.tudelft.nl/toi-pedia/Adding_WMS/WFS_connections  

• Connect to WMS and WFS   Erik Meerburg (Geojuffie): “I03 WMS WFS inladen”  Language(s): Dutch   Time: 8min 40s  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoylFImuCr0  

• Connect to WMS and WFS   QGIS Training manual: “10.Module: Online resources”  Language(s): English  Chapters: Web Feature Services (WFS), Web Mapping Services (WMS)   https://docs.qgis.org/3.10/en/docs/training_manual/online_resources/index.html  

• Add WMS/WMTS layers to QGIS  Hans van der Kwast: “Adding Data from OGC Web Map Services to QGIS”  Language(s): English  Time: 2m 23s  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0zENvRqaFA 

Web Map Service (WMS) 

• Load a WMS layer of Urban Expansion to 2030  Ujaval Gandhi: “Working with WMS Data (QGIS3)”/”Werken met gegevens van WMS (QGIS3)”  Language(s): English, Dutch   Chapters: overview of the task, get the data, procedure   EN: https://www.qgistutorials.com/en/docs/3/working_with_wms.html   NL: https://www.qgistutorials.com/nl/docs/3/working_with_wms.html  

• QGIS and WMS servers  QGIS Training manual: “11. Module: QGIS Server”  Language(s): English  Chapters: install QGIS server, serving WMS   https://docs.qgis.org/3.10/en/docs/training_manual/qgis_server/index.html 

Difference between WMS and WFS  

• Difference between WMS and WFS   Erik Meerburg (Geojuffie): “T03 Verschil WMS WFS”  Language(s): Dutch   Time: 4min 54s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-BCi_rlNDg  

• Use WMS offline  Erik Meerburg (Geogoeroe): “WMS offline gebruiken”  Language(s): Dutch  Time: 5min 2s  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYldzIgk0iY

> QGIS Installation

Do you still need to install QGIS? The QGIS installation and update section explains how to install QGIS on Windows and macOS. 

Useful Links 

QGIS Training Manual

QGIS User Guide

GIS OpenCourseWare

TOI-pedia

Mariëlle Geers-Plasmans (Geojuffie) YouTube channel 

Hans van der Kwast YouTube channel 

Ujaval Gandhi (QGIS Tutorials and Tips website)  

Erik Meerburg (Geogoeroe) YouTube channel

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