Weather layers in Oruxmaps

[Comachibosa]

Hi!



I would be interested to know if with Oruxmaps it is possible to add weather layers in real time through a WMS server or similar.



Does anyone know if it is possible and if there is documentation about it?



Thank you very much in advance!

[Juanjo]

Hi Comachibosa,



yes, it is possible. You can for example use the WMS service of the European Organisation for Meteorological Satellites, you can find information about it https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Images/EUMETView/index.html">here.



Personally I do not use it as a layer over other maps but as an online map by itself as the service provides a map layer for the background. Result is as below.



https://i.imgur.com/hDbkC4y.jpg">



There is another WMS service from OpenWeatherMap listed on the https://www.oruxmaps.com/cs/en/maps">maps section of OruxMaps website but it seems that that one does not work anymore.



Regards

[Juanjo]

https://en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/open-data-manual-fmi-wms-services">here is another one from the Finnish Meteorological Institute with some interesting layers. Picture below is the precipitation forecast layer over OpenStreetMap.



https://i.imgur.com/3YLDkhV.png?1">

[q-fladen]

Hi Juanjo,



thanks for providing the infos about the WMS serivces. I've been trying to get weather layers into orux a while back already, but didn't succeed.

I don't quite get how to add those weather maps exactly to orux maps. I know I have to edit the onlinemapsource.xml (or is it the wms_services.xml ?)

somehow, could you provide further help with that? Thanks in advance!



Greetings

David

[Juanjo]

Hi David,



you do not have to manually edit xml files to add WMS maps.

On the maps list just click on the + sign on the top right corner and then select WMS (ONLINE) option.

To create the first one, the one from EUMETSAT:



- tick the https box

- on the url field, enter eumetview.eumetsat.int/geoserver/wms

- OruxMaps will show a list of available layers, tick bkg-raster (the background map), ne_10m_admin_0_boundary_lines_land (borders), ne_10m_coastline and one of those called something_mpe (those are the rain estimation layers, you may have to test to find the one you are looking for)

- under WMS properties enter the min and max zooms levels. Put 0 and 20 if you do not know

- enter a name for the map

- save the map



The WMS from the Finnish Meteorological Institute does not provide background maps, so, to achieve what you see in my screenshot, you have to first create an online map containing the needed layer and then create a composite map using that one in combination with some other online map. First step is same as above, WMS url is openwms.fmi.fi/geoserver/wms (no https here)



Second step:



- on the map list, click the + sign and select COMPOSITE MAP (ONLINE)

- enter a name for the map

- choose the background map, OpenStrettMap Mapnik in my case

- click ADD LAYER

- go back to top and select the WMS map you just created

- set the transparency to something like 0.5

- tick the 'Apply multiply effect to this layer' box, this will make the white background of the WMS map transparent

- click ADD LAYER

- save the map



Hope this helps.



Regards

[q-fladen]

Wow, perfect explanation; Thank you so much Juanjo!

[Haldo]

is there the possibility to add online WMS layer to an offline map... (as openandromap)   ?



Thank U

[Juanjo]

Hi Haldo,



it is not possible to create composite maps mixing online and offline layers.

The feature has been requested https://www.oruxmaps.com/foro/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5284&p=14463#p14463">here.



Regards

[japetus]

As oruxmaps by default uses the cache first and does not download a new map, is there any way of quick refreshing the current map so that weather maps can be more useful?

[Juanjo]

As oruxmaps by default uses the cache first and does not download a new map, is there any way of quick refreshing the current map so that weather maps can be more useful?

Hi japetus,



if, when creating the WMS online map, you do not tick the 'Cacheable' and 'Downloadable' options oruxmaps will not use the cache nor will let you create offline maps from that one.



Regards