Hi Rainer you can use the option under the file menu to export the current wms view to an image file. The exported image will be georeferenced with a world file, so you can reopen it by adding the exported layer to qgis as a raster layer.
Regards Tim Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: Till Adams <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:44:33 To: Rainer M Krug<[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Export WMS Layer Rainer, could be true, perhaps there is already s.th. for that. I didn't use QGIS for longer time, but I know a bit about WMS... Regards, Till > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Till Adams<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Rainer, >> > > Thanks Till for the explanation below. > > I think it would be a good idea to add away of retrievin g the URL > directly from the WMS layer in QGIS - that would make the whole > process a little bit easier. > > Cheers > > Rainer > > > >> it is not difficult to build the getmap request on your own. Take this as an >> example and apply this to your WMS: >> >> You can pick the Bbox coordinates from your QGIS window, then put the >> request in a browser to check: >> >> This is an example: >> http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0?LAYERS=basic&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&STYLES=&EXCEPTIONS=application%2Fvnd.ogc.se_inimage&FORMAT=image%2Fjpeg&SRS=EPSG%3A4326&BBOX=-5.625,45,0,50.625&WIDTH=256&HEIGHT=256 >> >> So change the URL[http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0] (that what you put >> in QGIS), then the >> layers [*basic*] >> srid [4326] >> bbox [-5.625,45,0,50.625] >> >> Parameters to your WMS, and probably the width & height to get a bigger >> image - >> that's it, >> >> Regards, Till >> >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I am using a WMS layer, and would like to export the layer, as I see >>> it after zooming, from QGIS to a picture format. >>> >>> Is there a way of either exporting from QGIS, or obtaining the URL >>> request, so that I can use wget to download it externally? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Rainer >>> P.S: I am using Linux (Ubuntu Hardy) >>> >>> -- >>> Rainer M. Krug, Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, >>> Stellenbosch University, South Africa >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> terrestris GmbH & Co. KG >> Irmintrudisstrasse 17 >> 53111 Bonn >> Germany >> >> Till Adams >> Geschäftsführung >> >> Tel: +49 (0)228 / 962 899-52 >> Fax: +49 (0)228 / 962 899-57 >> [email protected] http://www.terrestris.de >> Amtsgericht Bonn, HRA 6835 >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Komplementärin: >> >> terrestris Verwaltungs GmbH >> >> vertreten durch: >> Hinrich Paulsen, Till Adams >> >> >> > > > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------- terrestris GmbH & Co. KG Irmintrudisstrasse 17 53111 Bonn Germany Till Adams Geschäftsführung Tel: +49 (0)228 / 962 899-52 Fax: +49 (0)228 / 962 899-57 [email protected] http://www.terrestris.de Amtsgericht Bonn, HRA 6835 --------------------------------------------------------- Komplementärin: terrestris Verwaltungs GmbH vertreten durch: Hinrich Paulsen, Till Adams _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
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