Our Vector Based WMS Services are divided up into four folders:

• GNWT
• GNWT_Basemaps
• GNWT_Operational
• GP_Services
• Utilities

In the GNWT folder,  you will find the ISO-themed WMS Services listed as follows:

• GNWT/Agriculture_LCC 
• GNWT/BiologicEcologic_LCC 
• GNWT/Boundaries_LCC 
• GNWT/Climate_LCC 
• GNWT/Economy_LCC 
• GNWT/Elevation_LCC 
• GNWT/Environment_LCC 
• GNWT/Geoscientific_LCC 
• GNWT/Health_LCC 
• GNWT/ImageryBaseLandCover_LCC 
• GNWT/InlandWater_LCC 
• GNWT/LocationReference_LCC 
• GNWT/PlanningCadastre_LCC 
• GNWT/SearchService 
• GNWT/Structure_LCC 
• GNWT/Transportation_LCC 
• GNWT/UtilitiesCommunication_LCC 

A description of what can be found in each can be seen on our Spatial Data Downloads page

In the GNWT_BaseMaps folder, you will find the following two basemaps:

• GNWT_Basemaps/GNWT_Simplified_Basemap 
• GNWT_Basemaps/GNWTBasemapLCC 

These are vector cached Base Maps that are utilizing the most commonly used datasets that are publically available from the Government of the North West Territories and the Government of Canada. They have been rendered from 1:25,000,000 down to 1:1,000 scale

In the GNWT_Operational folder you will find the following WMS Services:

• GNWT_Operational/AGR_Potential_Operational 
• GNWT_Operational/ATLAS_Public 
• GNWT_Operational/HSS_PredictiveContaminants_Operational 

The GP_Services and Utilities WMS Services contain the following:

• GP_Services/ExtractData_Atlas 
  • Extracts selected layers in the specified area of interest to a specific format and spatial reference. The extracted data is then written to a zip file.
• GP_Services/GenerateMineralTenureMap 
  • Generate a map plot based on an NTS 1:50k Map Sheet Number
• GP_Services/ITI_MineralTenure_ExtractDataTask 
  • Extracts the selected layers in the specified area of interest to the selected formats and spatial reference, then returns all the data in a .zip file.

And:

• Utilities/Geometry 
  • The Geometry service is used by application developers to perform geometric calculations and web editing
• Utilities/PrintingTools 
  • The PrintingTools service is used by web application developers to export the contents of a webmap to pdf, jpeg, png or other formats. This service is generally used in the context of providing applications with printing functionality.
• Utilities/RasterUtilities
  •   The RasterUtilities service contains tools that enable raster analysis     and processing.
• Utilities/Search_indexer 
  • The Search_indexer service works alongside with the associated Search service to index your organization's GIS content. Do not delete this service independent of the associated search service.

Please note that the quality of the viewed image may depend on how the software package interprets the WMS.