Access to the service is free for anyone (i.e. companies, institutions, citizens). No authentication is required.

The Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) is an open standard developed by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) aimed at the creation of web services for sharing georeferenced “tile maps”. To do so, the WMTS selects the map into a series of tiles representing a specific zoom level and extent, and storing them subsequently on the server. When a user requests a map, the WMTS retrieves the necessary tiles (already generated) and combines them to display the area of ​​interest at the desired zoom level. This approach optimizes the process of transferring and rendering images, since only the necessary tiles are loaded, resulting in an improved performance and a faster data access.

The WMTS allows users to zoom or rotate the map, but not to interact with single objects on it. For this reason, this standard is used exclusively for the visualization of geospatial data.

In accordance with the Directive (EU) 2019/1024, the Italian Military Geographic Institute has published a WMTS service for displaying data relating to the national land boundaries and toponyms of Italy.

A metadata sheet containing all needed information is also associated with the service. This sheet can also be consulted via the National Catalog for Spatial Data (RNDT).

Please enter the link “Access the service” via a specific software or a geographic information system (GIS).

An Internet connection and a GIS software are required.

It will be displayed

• the national land boundary line, which will be red according to the Inspire Directive technical specifications;

• the geographic names of Italy, displayed according to specific rules following the importance of the element and the display scale.

This service is released under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) so it is free. It is possible to distribute, adjust, create derivative works, even for commercial purposes, provided that the source is acknowledged.

The IGM is not responsible for any type of direct, indirect or accidental damage resulting from the use of the information collected through the aforementioned service.

The service was published on May 2024 and is always active. There is currently no deadline.

Below the links to access the WMTS service and metadata sheet:

• WMTS Service: https://www.igmi.org/porta-magna/wmts/1.0.0/getcapabilities.xml
• Metadata: https://www.igmi.org/porta-magna/meta/service_wmts.xml

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This service is released under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ), so it is free. It is possible to distribute, adjust, create derivative works, even for commercial purposes, provided that the source is acknowledged.

IGM is not responsible for any type of direct, indirect or accidental damage resulting from the use of the information collected through the aforementioned service.

For technical support, please send an e-mail to dbsn@igmi.org