Interactive Marine Mapping Data Product Demonstrators
OceanWise, UK, has released free, interactive Marine Mapping product demonstrators. Built using OpenLayers, the demos allow the user to pan around a defined area and get a feel for different data products.
The online services can be used through a web mapping interface or direct to the user’s desktop GIS, thereby removing the headache of holding data and the need for updates. The objective of the demos is to better help businesses make more informed decisions on the purchase of data and also improve the business case for adoption of web services by making the argument easier and more compelling.
Individual demos are available for Marine Themes Vector, Marine Themes Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and Raster Charts on the restyled OceanWise website. As the application of marine data in a web service is an increasingly important requirement for many users, these demos show how map content can be delivered through a web interface whether as Web Mapping (WMS) and/or Tile Mapping (TMS) services.
