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Re: RFS: twms -- tiny web map service



On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:50:20 +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 09:55:30AM +0300, Andrew O. Shadoura wrote:
> > It builds these binary packages:
> > twms       - tiny WMS service
> 
> What is a "web map service"?

It's a common technology used in the GIS world -- it lets you download
georeferenced images from a server given coordinates, image format and other
parameters.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Map_Service .

I don't believe the acronym should be expanded, since it's a very technical
package, not for the everyday-user.

David

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