Today the new public WMS-services from the Norwegian Mapping Authority (NMA) were released. This means easy access to high-quality maps over Norway. However, some may not know how to use a WMS, and falls back on to the ease of using Google Maps or similar. Fear no more. I have written a short introduction to use of OpenLayers which focus both on the general use of OpenLayers and also specific for NMA’s WMS’s. The tutorial is structured as an exercise combining both the use of the non-programming map viewer service and also the more comprehensive Javascript library of OpenLayers.

The tutorial (crash course) is available here: http://folk.ntnu.no/alexanno/projects/index.php/OpenLayers_Crash_Course

To celebrate the release of the WMS’s I’ve also made a specific map viewer service which use NMA’s map services. This means easy embedding of high-quality maps. For instance: