What is WebGIS?
WebGIS is an Internet based technology that enables users to browse, query, and display spatial data using a standard web browser.
ORNL DAAC WebGIS
The ORNL DAAC WebGIS is based on ESRI
ArcIMS and Minnesota
Mapserver technology. The user interface has been built with ArcIMS while
some of the tools have been implemented using Minnesota Mapserver. The ORNL DAAC
WebGIS supports
Web Map Service (WMS) and
Web Coverage Service (WCS)
OpenGIS
protocols.
Organizations wishing to use the ORNL DAAC's data layers can learn how to access them using our capability files.
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The ORNL DAAC WebGIS includes a number of land cover, biophysical, elevation,
and geopolitical layers, as well as access to other relevant Open Geospatial
Consortium (OGC) layers. Users can interrogate map features and extract and
download selected map features including map layers (shape files).
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