"Yan Seiner" wrote:
> On Wed, May 20, 2009 2:14 pm, Martin Spott wrote:
>> Martin Spott wrote:
>> BTW, this also works perfectly by picking the "WMS" URL from the
>> main page and droppping it into QGIS or any
>> other WMS-capable desktop GIS,
>
> Assume I'm a decent programmer but a complete idiot when it comes to GIS.
> Can you translate that into newbie speak? :-)
Yup :-)
1.) Get QGIS
2.) From the menu select Layer -> Add WMD Layer
3.) Create a new server connection
3.a) "Landcover-DB" would be suitable as a name, but you're free to
choose your favourite one
3.b) Insert the WMS URL from the 'mapserver.flightgear.org' main page
4.) Connect to the WMS
5.) Select the layers you'd like to see (Ctrl-click allows you to add
multiple layers, as usual)
6.) Add the layers (don't close the window before adding)
It has proven to be useful to add the 'v0_landmass' layer if you didn't
already zoom into the target area. Certain layers become visible
depending on the zoom level in order to prevent cluttering the view as
well as saving the server(s) from overload.
Have fun,
Martin.
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