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WMSCapabilities class -

Web Map Service capabilities object

Description

A WMSCapabilities object represents a Web Map Service (WMS) capabilities document obtained from a WMS server.

Construction

capabilities = WMSCapabilites(ServerURL, capabilitiesResponse) constructs a WMSCapabilities object from the input string parameters. The ServerURL string, a WMS server URL, includes the protocol 'http://' or 'https://'. The capabilitiesResponse string contains XML elements that describe the capabilities of the ServerURL WMS server.

Properties

ServerTitle	Title of server Data Type: string
ServerURL	URL of server Data Type: string
ServiceName	Name of Web map service Data Type: string
Version	WMS version specification Data Type: string
Abstract	Information about server Data Type: string
OnlineResource	Online information about server Data Type: string (URL)
ContactInformation	Contact information for an individual or an organization, including an E-mail address, if provided Data Type: structure  ContactInformation Structure Array Field Name Data Type Field Content Person String Name of individual Organization String Name of organization E-mail String E-mail address
AccessConstraints	Constraints inherent in accessing the server, such as server load limits Data Type: string
Fees	Types of fees associated with accessing server Data Type: string
KeywordList	Descriptive keywords of the server Data Type: cell array of strings
ImageFormats	Image formats supported by server Data Type: cell array of strings
LayerNames	Layer names provided by server Data Type: cell array of strings
Layer	Information about layers on WMS server. See the WMSCapabilities.Layer reference page for more information. Data Type: WMSLayer array
AccessDate	Date of request to server Data Type: string

Methods

disp	Display properties

Example

Construct a WMSCapabilities object from the contents of a downloaded capabilities file from the NASA SVS Image Server.

nasa = wmsfind('NASA SVS Image', 'SearchField', 'servertitle');
serverURL = nasa(1).ServerURL;
server = WebMapServer(serverURL);
capabilities = server.getCapabilities;
filename = 'capabilities.xml';
urlwrite(server.RequestURL, filename);
    
fid = fopen(filename, 'r');
capabilitiesResponse = fread(fid, 'uint8=>char');
fclose(fid);
capabilities = WMSCapabilities(serverURL, capabilitiesResponse);

See Also

WebMapServer | wmsinfo | WMSLayer

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disp (WMSCapabilties)

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