Minnesota Geospatial Image Server: Technical Specifications

MnGeo’s Geospatial Image Server has the following technical specifications.

For UTM Zone 15 coordinates

Digital orthophotography

• Request URL prefix:
    http://geoint.lmic.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/wms?
• GetCapabilities request statement:
    http://geoint.lmic.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/wms?VERSION=1.3.0&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
• Projection:
    UTM Zone 15 – NAD 83 (EPSG:26915)

Scanned USGS quadrangles

• Request URL prefix:
    http://geoint.lmic.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/wmsz?
• GetCapabilities request statement:
    http://geoint.lmic.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/wmsz?VERSION=1.3.0&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
• Projection:
    UTM Zone 15 – NAD 83 (EPSG:26915)
   

For Geographic (Latitude / Longitude) coordinates

Note:  This service will also provide UTM Zone 14 and UTM Zone 15 coordinates.

Digital orthophotography

• Request URL prefix:
    http://geoint.lmic.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/wmsll?
• GetCapabilities request statement:
    http://geoint.lmic.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/wmsll?VERSION=1.3.0&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
• Projection:
    Geographic – WGS84 (EPSG:4326)
    UTM Zone 14 – NAD 83 (EPSG:26914)
    UTM Zone 15 – NAD 83 (EPSG:26915)
   

Scanned USGS quadrangles:  in progress
 

MIME type (format) of images returned

• Digital orthophotography:  jpeg
• Scanned USGS quadrangles (DRGs):  png
   

WMS compliance

WMS protocol standards are developed by the Open GIS Consortium (OGC).

• Versions supported: 1.1.1; 1.3.0
• Request Types supported: GetMap; GetCapabilities
• Request Types not supported: GetFeatureInfo

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