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Interactive Maps

To start an interactive map, click on the Map column label. A new browser window will open with a visual display of data appropriate to the selected service. Users can zoom, pan, identify, search and even download data from these maps. JavaScript must be enabled and popup blocking must be disabled for these maps to function properly. For more information on the data included on any particular map, click on the Info column label.

The web-based interactive maps use a commercial package produced by ESRI called ArcIMS. The data are housed in a relational database using a commercial package produced by Oracle. The communication between the map interface and the database interface is achieved via a package produced by ESRI called ArcSDE.

Coastal Habitats & Ecosystems
Map Info WMS California Current Regional Ecosystem New Item
Map Info WMS Gulf of Mexico Coastal Habitat
Map Info WMS Gulf of Mexico Regional Ecosystem Updated Item
Map Info WMS National Marine Sanctuaries - Central California Marine Habitat
Map Info WMS Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) Mapping
Map Info WMS Relative Abundance Tool - Galveston Bay, Texas


Ocean Exploration - Digital Atlases
Map Info WMS Arctic
Map Info WMS Gulf of Mexico
Map Info WMS North Atlantic
Map Info WMS South Atlantic Bight


Commerce and Transportation - Emergency Response
Map Info WMS Gulf of Mexico Marine Debris Project Interactive Mapping Server


Katrina Impact Assessment
Map Info WMS Hancock County, MS
Map Info WMS Harrison County, MS
Map Info WMS Jackson County, MS


Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Map Info WMS Harmful Algal Blooms Observing System (HABSOS) Case Study
Map Info WMS Harmful Algal Blooms Observing System (HABSOS)
Map Info Hypoxia Data Inventory
Map Info WMS Hypoxia Watch
Map Info WMS Integrated Coastal Observing System
Map Info WMS Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) Interactive Map
Map Info WMS National Marine Sanctuaries Monterey Bay Water Quality
Map Info WMS National Marine Sanctuaries West Coast Observing System
Map Info WMS Sistema de Observaciones de Florecimientos de Algas Nocivas (HABSOS)
Map Info WMS Phytoplankton Monitoring Network (PMN)


Coastal Risk Atlas
Map Info WMS Alabama
Map Info WMS Florida
Map Info WMS Georgia
Map Info WMS Louisiana
Map Info WMS Mississippi
Map Info WMS Texas


What does WMS mean?

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Map Service (WMS) protocol defines a simple interface for web-based mapping applications. The WMS protocol is based on a simple query syntax for posting a request for the desired layers and region to the server, which returns a map as a standard image (GIF, PNG, JPG). The capabilities of a Web Map Service are described in an XML (Extensible Markup Language) document. Click on the WMS column label to access this document.

With the information provided by the capabilities documents, here is an example of how to generate maps using NCDDC's WMS connector.

Example 1: Map of Mobile area containing cities and combined hazard data 

 
             http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap?BBOX=-88.4,29.74,-87.54,31.14&WIDTH=500&HEIGHT=400&SRS=EPSG:4326&LAYERS=states_high,totrisk,major_cities,&VERSION=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&FORMAT=JPEG&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&REQUEST=GETMAP&ServiceName=CRA_Alabama