GIS and Mapping Blog from Ireland
This was a great learning experience. Same as the GitHub example, but now with Leaflet.
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Leaflet code:
In addition we have the following in the header:
So the route is being read directly from a .geojson file. Although it has been renamed to route.js, and “var route = [” has been added to the beginning of the file and “]” to the end.
While Web Mapping Services (WMS) are becoming more common, their functionality is limited. They are easier to set up and run than a Web Feature Service (WFS) but are mainly useful for pre-rendered or background mapping.
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) provide an extensive amount of datasets as WMS, through their Natural Spaces data store.
I thought it would be interesting to see what kind of result could be achieved using only WMS.
The result is a map of the John Muir Way, which is a long distance walking route in the central belt of Scotland. Apart from the way itself (it was not provided through the WMS), all data is obtained through the SNH WMS. Some styling could be done using the colorize and layer blending options in QGIS.
