Loading web services

QGIS supports the loading of OGC-compliant web services such as WMS/WMTS, WCS, and WFS. Loading a web service is similar to loading a database service in that you must first set up the connection to the service, and then connect to the service to choose which layers to add to the Map Canvas.

As an example, to add a WMS service, click on the Open Data Source Manager icon  or press Ctrl + L, and, on the left-hand side of the window, click on WMS/WMTS.

Click on the New button and give the new connection details a name (this is a free text friend, so the name can be anything you wish) and then add in the URL of the WMS/WMTS. Once completed, click on OK.

As with viewing data from databases in the previous section, to view the data available via the connection that you have established via the Data Source Manager, it is best to access the data via the browser panel.