Sources for maps

All maps used in mapbuilder are from OGC Web Map Context documents. A context document provides an interoperable way of storing and sharing maps created using the various OGC web service specfications

Sources for these maps:

• Create your own: Use a text or XML editor to add and delete layers to an existing or new context document. This method is tedious and difficutl but can be used for simple changes.
• owsview: Currently, the best application for creating a context document is owsview. Functions include adding layers by browsing WMS capabilities doc and loading and saving context documents.
• Search the GeoConnections Discovery Portal: The Discovery Portal offers a web service search function which will dynamically generate a context document based on search parameters. The limitiations of this method are that it depends on the web service providing good metadata in the capabilities document and a slow response of the search engine. Look for improvments to this service as new registry technology is implemented.

If you know of any other map sources, please let us know.