In QGIS, this is done in the form for defining or editing a WMS connection. Points representing GLIMS glaciers and locations of interest. To set options to ignore the GetMap/GetFeatureInfo URIs reported by the Important: The metadata returned by the GetCapabilities request has the wrong The information returned by the GetCapabilities request allows the client to display the GLIMS glacier outlines as a layer. Your client may require the expanded form to work.
#GLIMS NSIDC SOFTWARE#
These services allowĪccess to GLIMS Glacier data directly from desktop GIS software products suchĪs QGIS, ArcGIS, GRASS, or Google Earth, as well as other applications such asĬurrently, only the Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) for the GLIMS Glaciers layer is available. Map Service (WMS) and Web Feature Service (WFS) protocols. Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) ServicesĪnother way of accessing data within the GLIMS Glacier Database is through the Hold shift and drag a box to zoom to a region. Use the mouse wheel, zoom-controls, or pinch gestures (on a tablet or phone) to zoom. Keyhole Mark-up Language (KML, Google Earth), and the Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) multi-segment format.ĭrag to pan the map. The GLIMS Glacier outlines can be downloaded as ESRI Shapefiles, MapInfo tables, Geographic Mark-up Language (GML) files, Time, as well as other possible features of the glacier such as the extent of debris cover or the location of supra-glacialĪnd pro-glacial lakes. Each polygon in this layer represents the extent of a particular glacier at a specific Glacier mapping within the GLIMS initiative. Data sent from Regional Center analysts to the GLIMS team at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado are inserted into a geospatial. The GLIMS Glacier Outlines layer contains the results of GLIMS is an international project to inventory the world’s glaciers and to create a comprehensive, global database of land ice through repeat surveys. Other glacier databases such as the World Glacier Inventory,Īnd others. The NSIDC DAAC GLIMS data collection includes data from the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) initiative. GLIMS Glacier Database, Version 1 National Snow and Ice Data Center Mailing List Data Set ID: NSIDC-0272 GLIMS Glacier Database, Version 1 Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) is an international initiative with the goal of repeatedly surveying the world's estimated 200,000 glaciers. Interface can be viewed and spatially queried including: GLIMS Glacier Outlines, An interactive map which gives a view of data in the GLIMS Glacier Database.