Explore Other Layers using a Capabilities Document
You may find a layer you like in the WMS Database and then want to find other layers on the same server.
Use the
wmsinfofunction to return the contents of the capabilities document as aWMSCapabilitiesobject. A capabilities document is an XML document containing metadata describing the geographic content offered by a server.serverURL = 'http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/wms?'; capabilities = wmsinfo(serverURL)capabilities = WMSCapabilities Properties: ServerTitle: 'NASA SVS Image Server' ServerURL: 'http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/wms?' ServiceName: 'WMS' Version: '1.3.0' Abstract: 'Web Map Server maintained by the Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center' OnlineResource: 'http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/' ContactInformation: [1x1 struct] AccessConstraints: 'none' Fees: 'none' KeywordList: {} ImageFormats: {'image/png'} LayerNames: {326x1 cell} Layer: [326x1 WMSLayer] AccessDate: '09-Jan-2017' MethodsView the layer names and layer titles.
capabilities.LayerNames; layerTitles = {capabilities.Layer.LayerTitle}';Read the layer containing tropospheric ozone impacts.
layerTitle = 'Tropospheric Ozone Impacts Global Climate Warming'; layer = refine(capabilities.Layer, layerTitle); [A, R] = wmsread(layer);Display the map.
figure worldmap(A,R) geoshow(A,R) title(layer.LayerTitle)
This layer contains data from different years. You can examine the available data by viewing the
layer.Details.Dimensionstructure.layer.Details.Dimension
Display the map for the year 1884 and compare it with the map for 1994, the default year (displayed previously).
year = '1884'; [A2,R] = wmsread(layer,'Time',year); figure worldmap(A2,R) geoshow(A2,R) title({layer.LayerTitle, year})
