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Web Map Service

technical standard for retrieving GIS data from the Internet
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Web Map Service

Summary

Web Map Service is a technical standard[1]. It draws 431 Wikipedia views per month (technical_standard category, ranking #99 of 319).[2]

Key Facts

  • Web Map Service's instance of is recorded as technical standard[3].
  • Web Map Service's developer is recorded as Open Geospatial Consortium[4].
  • Web Map Service is a type of web service[5].
  • Web Map Service is a type of communication protocol[6].
  • Web Map Service's Commons category is recorded as Web Map Service[7].
  • Web Map Service comprises GetCapabilities[8].
  • Web Map Service's official website is recorded as https://www.ogc.org/standards/wms[9].
  • Web Map Service's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Web Map Services[10].
  • Web Map Service's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/wms[11].
  • Web Map Service's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'WMS'}[12].
  • Web Map Service's different from is recorded as internet map service[13].
  • Web Map Service's P6009 is recorded as 876[14].

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Designation and Status

Web Map Service's instance of is recorded as technical standard[3].

Why It Matters

Web Map Service draws 431 Wikipedia views per month (technical_standard category, ranking #99 of 319).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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