Transport Canada

Transport Canada Canadian Airports OGC WMS

OGC Web Map Service 1.3.0 endpoint for the same Canadian Airports with Air Navigation Services layer. GetCapabilities returns a conformant WMS_Capabilities document declaring GetMap, GetFeatureInfo and GetLegendGraphic. This is the one Transport Canada interface that is an actual open standard — any WMS client can consume it and any other WMS server could serve the same layer.

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Documentation
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/3a1eb6ef-6054-4f9d-b1f6-c30322cd7abf

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GetCapabilities
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/transport-canada/refs/heads/main/capabilities/transport-canada-airports-wms-capabilities.xml
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Specification
https://www.ogc.org/publications/standard/wms/
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License
https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: transport-canada:transport-canada-canadian-airports-wms
name: Transport Canada Canadian Airports OGC WMS
description: OGC Web Map Service 1.3.0 endpoint for the same Canadian Airports with Air Navigation Services
  layer. GetCapabilities returns a conformant WMS_Capabilities document declaring GetMap, GetFeatureInfo
  and GetLegendGraphic. This is the one Transport Canada interface that is an actual open standard — any
  WMS client can consume it and any other WMS server could serve the same layer.
humanURL: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/3a1eb6ef-6054-4f9d-b1f6-c30322cd7abf
baseURL: https://maps-cartes.services.geo.ca/server_serveur/services/TC/canadian_airports_w_air_navigation_services_en/MapServer/WMSServer
tags:
- Airports
- Aviation
- Geospatial
- OGC
- WMS
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/3a1eb6ef-6054-4f9d-b1f6-c30322cd7abf
- type: GetCapabilities
  url: capabilities/transport-canada-airports-wms-capabilities.xml
- type: Specification
  url: https://www.ogc.org/publications/standard/wms/
- type: License
  url: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada