Re: [udig-devel] Adding a sinlge WMS layer

[Eric Jarvies <ej@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have often wished this was possible myself.

Eric

On Dec 12, 2008, at 9:31 AM, iomeneandrei wrote:

> Hi all,
> is there a way to add a single WMS layer, using adding Data wizard?
>
> I have in example this URL:
> http://atlas.gc.ca/cgi-bin/atlaswms_en?VERSION=1.1.1&Request=GetCapabilities&Service=WMS#wld_ocean
>
> It seems that in the wizard I have to browse the entire catalog.  
> It's in
> some way uncomfortable because I could know the exact URL of my  
> layer, and I
> have to browse the entire catalog (it could be very big) and  I  
> could not
> know the descriptive name (Title) of the layer ("Ocean Background").  
> I have
> the URL, but it could be difficult for me to add the layer to uDig.
>
> I know I could download the getcapapilities wms xml file and search  
> for
> "wld_ocean" string to obtain the Title of the layer, but I'm looking  
> for a
> not power user solution ;-)
>
> Thank you,
>
> a
>
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