Thematic Data
- Last edited 4 years ago by Bhuvan Admin
Thematic Maps
Currently the URL http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/gis/thematic/index.php provides thematic services on Bhuvan. Various thematic layers for land use land cover data, urban land use, waste land, glacial lake water bodies, geomorphology, lineament, flood hazard, flood annual layers, erosion, salt effected and water logging, water bodies and urban sprawl are available for visualization on this link. All these layers have the provision to be accessed as WMS service through various clients like OpenLayers, QGIS, ArcGIS etc. These services can also be linked to website in internet or local area network. These thematic layers are available only on Bhuvan for India and this makes Bhuvan unique. API's are being developed for these layers for easy usage on other websites.List of available thematic maps-
- Land Use Land Cover (LULC)
- Wasteland
- Geomorphology Lineament
- Urban Land Use
- Urban Sprawl
- Erosion
- Water Bodies
- Salt Affected & Water Logged Area
- Flood Hazard
- Flood Annual Layers
- Glacial Lakes and Water bodies (Indian Himalayan region)
WMS Services
Bhuvan allows users to add Web Map Services directly on to the portal. . Bhuvan web map services are OGC complaint towards Interoperability. Add Web Map Service (WMS) option enables users to connect and visualize external web map service along with services/data available in Bhuvan by providing layer name and layer URL. Bhuvan also has WMS Manager which facilitates to connect with external web map service providers to bring all web map services and visualization, users can also submit the URL for other users to access the services. These tools facilitate users to bring diverse data which is available as web map service on internet and visualize along with rich Bhuvan satellite and thematic data.
Steo by Step guide for Thematic Data
