Abstract:
The WMS Slippy Map Service is a WMS enabled map viewer that is able to integrate WMS
feeds from multiple servers into a single client interface.
Implementation:
The client interface under development at the Earth Data Analysis
Center is designed to be able to display any vector or raster data that are
published as Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) web
... map services. This
client is being designed with the following goals:
-Compatability with well-established Internet standards: HTML, CSS,
Javascript
-Lightweight web client that loads quickly and provides a highperformance
user experience
-Greatest practical cross-browser compatibility
-Ease of installation and configuration
-An ability to integrate map images provided by multiple distributed
WMS servers simultaneously
The client interface is built using a basic set of components:
-A brief HTML document that provides the structure of the client
- A CSS (cascading style sheet) document that defines a limited
number of styles relating to base positioning, colors, fonts, and
opacity (styles.css)
-An external Javascript file that contains all client-specific functions -
including client event handlers (functions.js)
-The external Prototype Javascript framework (http://
prototype.conio.net/) - providing a base Javascript function base for
the client (prototype.js)
For more information, please contact Karl Benedict (kbene@edac.unm.edu). 505-277-3622 x234 
