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We deliver catalogs, maps, and data through standard programmatic interfaces. We use the MapServer software platform as our backend. A variety of OGC-enabled clients are available, both freeware and commercial, including the User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig), GeoMapApp, Gaia,NASA World Wind, and ArcGIS.
- Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) WxS Services
- Catalog Services
- Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvest (OAI-PMH)
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) WxS Services
WxS Services can be used for live access to many of our data holdings
- Our Web Map Service (WMS) allows any OGC-enabled client to create map imagery from our Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT). Use one the following URLS to access these data:
- Mercator GMRT v1.x:
http://www.marine-geo.org/services/wms?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.1.1
- Mercator GMRT v2.x:
http://www.marine-geo.org/services/wms_2.0_merc?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.0.0
- Masked Mercator (highlights multibeam tracks) GMRT v1.x
http://www.marine-geo.org/services/wms_mask?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.1.1
- Mercator GMRT v1.x:
- Our Web Feature Service (WFS) allows any OGC-enabled client to access our global catalog of station events (cores and dredges, camera tows, CTD stations, instrument deployments, etc.) and physical samples (biology, rock, sediment, fluid). Specify the following URL to your client:
- Full WFS capabilities
http://www.marine-geo.org/services/wfs?request=GetCapabilities&service=WFS&version=1.0.0.
- Full WFS capabilities
Catalog Services
We offer simple REST-type (read more) services to directly query our repository in real-time.
- Seismic Metadata -- View metadata for seismic data sets by cruise:
- Our "getVocabulary" service exposes a specified controlled vocabulary:
- http://www.marine-geo.org/services/getVocabulary/?id=XXX
- bio_genus_species_map (xml, txt, html)
- content_type (xml, txt, html)
- coordinate_type (xml, txt, html)
- data_type (xml, txt, html)
- device_make_model_map (xml, txt, html)
- device_type (xml, txt, html)
- entry_id (xml, txt, html)
- entry_type (xml, txt, html)
- event_type (xml, txt, html)
- feature_id (xml, txt, html)
- feature_type (xml, txt, html)
- file_format_id (xml, txt, html)
- initiative_id (xml, txt, html)
- launch_type (xml, txt, html)
- nav_type (xml, txt, html)
- organization_id (xml, txt, html)
- person_id (xml, txt, html)
- platform_id (xml, txt, html)
- platform_type (xml, txt, html)
- reference_id (xml, txt, html)
- role_id (xml, txt, html)
- seismic_acquisition_system_type (xml, txt, html)
- unit_id (xml, txt, html)
- Our "getCollection" service returns metadata for the specified collection (typically cruise ID) as a XML record:
- http://www.marine-geo.org/services/getCollection/?id=XXX
Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvest (OAI-PMH)
Our OAI-PMH service provides NOAA Metadata Manager Repository (NMMR)-compliant FGDC metadata records for our multibeam data sets. We use the DLESE jOAI software platform as our backend. This service can be used to explore and harvest our data.