Using Remote Services

In GAIR you can add new layers not only by loading them from your disk but also using Remote Services. In this section you will learn how to add a new service and how to load resources in GAIR through that.

Warning

This functionality is reserved for GAIR’s Administrator staff.

Click on the Remote Services link of the Data dropdown menu in the navigation bar.

The page that opens will contain the list of the available services.

Remote Services

To configure a new service:

  • click on Register a new Service

  • type the Service URL

  • select the Service Type

    Service Types

  • click on Create

GAIR supports this types of remote services:

  • Web Map Service

    Generic Web Map Service (WMS) based on a standard protocol for serving georeferenced map images over the Internet. These images are typically produced by a map server from data provided by one or more distributed geospatial databases. Common operations performed by a WMS service are: GetCapabilities (to retrieves metadata about the service, including supported operations and parameters, and a list of the available layers) and GetMap (to retrieves a map image for a specified area and content).

  • ArcGIS REST MapServer

    This map service provides basic information about the map, including the layers that it contains, whether the map is cached or not, its spatial reference, initial and full extents, whether the service is allowed to export tiles and max tiles export count, etc. A set of operations that manage the state and contents of the service are allowed: Edit Service, Refresh, Update Tiles.

Once the service has been configured, you can load the resources you are interested in through the Import Resources page where you will be automatically redirected to. Take a look at the gif below to see the whole process.

Service Types

A new Remote Service

From the page where the services are listed, it is possible to click on the Title of a service. It opens the Service Details page.
Each service has its own metadata such as the Service Type, the URL, an Abstract, some Keywords and the Contact user. You can edit those metadata through the form available from the Edit Service Metadata button of the Service Details page (see the picture below).
Remote Service metadata

Remote Service metadata