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3.1.3  Raster image based map WMS from NASA 

It  is  a  well known  web  map  server.  Map  in  raster  format  is  dynamically  generated 

when the GetMap page is called.   

The URL of the web map server is:

http://onearth.jpl.nasa.gov/browse.cgi?wms_server=wms.cgi&layers=global_mosaic&srs=EPSG:4

326&width=1000&height=500&bbox= 180, 90,180,90&format=image/jpeg&styles=&zoom= 

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The GetMap request in a URL

Logical zoom is available in this server. Figure 8 show the application.   

Fig. 11: 

The raster map in a small scale from NASA 

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