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Short for
Web Map Service, WMS is the production of spatially referenced
data dynamically from geographic information. The map itself is an actual portrayal of geographic information presented as a
digital image
file for display on a
computer. WMS maps are in picture formats such as PNG, GIF or JPEG, or as Scalable Vector Graphics (
SVG) or Web Computer Graphics Metafile (WebCGM) formats. WMS is commonly used in the
Geographic Information Systems industry.
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