GET /antarctic/wms

ac.uk:antarctic-digital-database

Summary: Web Map Service (WMS)
Operation ID: wmsRequest
Auth: none
Description

OGC WMS 1.3.0 endpoint for retrieving map images of Antarctic data layers. Supports GetCapabilities, GetMap, and GetFeatureInfo operations.

Parameters (11)

bbox (string, query, optional)

Bounding box (minx,miny,maxx,maxy)

crs (string, query, optional, default: EPSG:3031)

Coordinate Reference System (EPSG:3031 for Antarctic Polar Stereographic)

format (string, query, optional, default: image/png)

Output image format

Constraints: {'enum': ['image/png', 'image/jpeg', 'image/gif']}

height (integer, query, optional, default: 400)

Image height in pixels

layers (string, query, optional)

Comma-separated layer names (required for GetMap)

request (string, query, required)

WMS operation

Constraints: {'enum': ['GetCapabilities', 'GetMap', 'GetFeatureInfo']}

service (string, query, required)

Service type

Constraints: {'enum': ['WMS']}

styles (string, query, optional)

Comma-separated styles (empty for default)

transparent (boolean, query, optional, default: True)

Transparent background

version (string, query, required, default: 1.3.0)

WMS version

Constraints: {'enum': ['1.3.0']}

width (integer, query, optional, default: 400)

Image width in pixels

Examples (1)

TitleTypeURLAction
Web Map Service (WMS) openapi-spec https://maps.bas.ac.uk/antarctic/wms?bbox=-3000000,-3000000,3000000,3000000

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2026-03-23 10:36:30.052516 200 187ms