The Mapserver configuration at wms.openstreetmap.de

The layers can be browsed at: https://wms.openstreetmap.de

The WMS service can be accessed via WMS client (QGIS, JOSM...) at: https://wms.openstreetmap.de/wms

Tiles are available via: https://wms.openstreetmap.de/tms/<layername>/<z>/<x>/<y>.png

Copyright Watermarks are always added to the requested layers. Requests for more thane one layer are denied.

Implementation:

The Mapserver is implemented as a python wsgi-script inside the Apache server. It is using methods from umn mapserver (python mapscript). Configuration is done by a map-file which is read by the wsgi-scripts.

In addition to the script itself tiles are cached using Apache mod_disk_cache.

Configuration:

Layers are created into per-topic .map files and included into osmwms.map. These are (more or less) an ordinary mapfiles with the usual mapfile syntax, but with some some additional metadata fields in layers:

• "copyright" - This is used for layer specific copyright messages rendered as watermark.
• "-wms-disabled" - If true, WMS is disabled for this layer.
• "-terms-of-use" - Additional terms-of-use text that is displayed on the overview index page.