A nearby county has 3-inch orthophotos available as a WMTS service.?ÿ I once got it working with ArcMap, but didn't want to keep paying the license fee for software I only use a couple of times a year, so I dropped the ArcMap license.?ÿ I'm trying to get it working in QGIS, but I keep getting an error notice, with no helpful (to me, anyway) information about the reason it doesn't work.
Are there any QGIS users out there who might be able to steer me in the right direction??ÿ The server address is:
https://services.sanborn.com/geo_caches/312021386_Solano_County_Oblique/wmts.xml
No login credentials are required.
Thanks!
Not direct help but I've been able to get the same sort of service working and I'm not an IT genius. The help file is ok and I only run the latest stable version not the beta one.
@jim-frame Tennessee has a similar service at the state level and one of the state GIS guys produced several Youtube videos on how to set up QGIS and work with the various data sources types available. You might pick up something that will help you: TN QGIS Help Videos
We have vector based 2' contour data available in county sized files and I use QGIS to create a project boundary and clip project sized sections of contours as needed that I can then pull into Carlson. I tried the same with the raster based aerial photos from the state's WMTS server but couldn't make it work. While beating my head against the wall, I discovered a Carlson GIS command "GETWMSIMAGE" that is a lifesaver. I can key in that command, add a one or more WMS servers, and then drag a rectangle over the area where I want an aerial photo, and it will pull in an aerial photo and save it to my project. Way handy.
It must be an issue with QGIS as I can get it to work using Civil 3d.
I also got it to work with Global Mapper
try above path
That path appears to point to an ESRI dataset rather than the county's aerials, which are hosted by Sanborn. It's the county's Sanborn server that I'm having trouble with.
"http://wmts.maptiler.com/aHR0cDovL3dtdHMubWFwdGlsZXIuY29tL2FIUjBjSE02THk5elpYSjJhV05sY3k1ellXNWliM0p1TG1OdmJTOW5aVzlmWTJGamFHVnpMek14TWpBeU1UTTRObDlUYjJ4aGJtOWZRMjkxYm5SNVgwOWliR2x4ZFdVdk0ybHVZMmhmVDNKMGFHOXpMMjFsZEdGa1lYUmhMbXB6YjI0L2pzb24/wmts"
this one points to your 3 in Sanborn (i looked and i think the were the same images from previous path, but did not look very hard)
"http://wmts.maptiler.com/aHR0cDovL3dtdHMubWFwdGlsZXIuY29tL2FIUjBjSE02THk5elpYSjJhV05sY3k1ellXNWliM0p1TG1OdmJTOW5aVzlmWTJGamFHVnpMek14TWpBeU1UTTRObDlUYjJ4aGJtOWZRMjkxYm5SNVgwOWliR2x4ZFdVdk0ybHVZMmhmVDNKMGFHOXpMMjFsZEdGa1lYUmhMbXB6YjI0L2pzb24/wmts"
this one points to your 3 in Sanborn (i looked and i think the were the same images from previous path, but did not look very hard)
Just to confirm this worked very quickly/easily using this (how do do dat?)
this one points to your 3 in Sanborn (i looked and i think the were the same images from previous path, but did not look very hard)
They *might* be the same images, but they're not on the same server, or at least not via the county's link. My goal is to successfully connect to the county's designated server so that when they update the imagery I don't have to go hunting for a source.
In ARCGIS online it is working, but in QGIS i could NOT get your Link with to work hosted by Sanborn:
https://services.sanborn.com/geo_caches/312021386_Solano_County_Oblique/wmts.xml <
Without further information is hard to say why it is not working. Maybe something with data format is not standard for qgis or source is not active?
There ist some german (bavarian) capabilities viewer that makes reading the .xml file easier. But the .xml from your sanborn service does not get any result with this viewer. While .xml file form sources below deliver some results
https://geoportal.bayern.de/getcapabilities/
-choose service (Dienst) wmts
-paste URL
-maybe enter Logindata if needed
-Request (Capabilities anfordern)
other working example
https://maps.wien.gv.at/basemap/1.0.0/WMTSCapabilities.xml
If you are looking for some aerial photos low resolution from Solano County that will work in QGIS as WMS/WMTS maybe use 2022 pictures from this source:
other years
https://tiles.arcgis.com/tiles/SCn6czzcqKAFwdGU/arcgis/rest/services/
Haha, I still have the last WMTS connection for 2019 Solano imagery from one of your previous posts. Really friken cool.
I couldn’t get your address to work in the latest QGIS download (3.30.2). Doing some looking around, there’s a Solano County “REGIS” meeting agenda that appears to suggest that Sanborn was only going to host the data for 1 year. My guess is even ESRI couldn’t be able to pull this link up.
Try searching Woogle for “wms oblique imagery solano county 3120211386” and then selecting the “Solano County Regis” search hit.
Not sure why Counties aren’t making this data easier to access anymore. I feel like three or so years ago we used to be able to access the high-res imagery that was collected during LiDAR acquisitions, no longer (so far as I can tell).
A very patient GIS guy on StackExchange explained that I needed to add the connection as XYZ Tiles, not as WMTS. When I did that (and zoomed to the right part of the globe!), it worked.
needed to add the connection as XYZ Tiles, not as WMTS.
I wonder what the difference is.
I too have not been able to make it work as WMTS, both in QGis and in some other software.
I found your thread on StackExchange and followed the instructions presented there (QGIS 3.30 - fresh download and install today) but my results from a random site in Fairfield look like
Thought 3-inch resolution would be sharper, so searched for "3-inch orthophotos" and the top result was Sanborn Map Company's website that provided the following as an example
Do your results look anything like the second image? If so, what am I doing wrong?
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If so, what am I doing wrong?
Check the layer properties. The default zoom level is 18, which limits resolution. I set mine to 30 (somewhat randomly) and the zoomed-in resolution looks about right for 3-inch imagery.
