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By Gap Analysis Project March 12, 2019

Species habitat maps are available in an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Map Service (WMS).  Each species’ habitat map or range map is a layer in the respective WMS, referenced by the species' common name (scientific name) species code and version.  At this time all maps are version 1 (v1).

 

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Species Habitat Maps

Example: 

To get the habitat map for the Bald Eagle (scientific name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus, species code: bBAEAx) the request would be:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/geoserver/CONUS_HabMap_2001/wms?service=WMS&request=GetMap&version=1.1.1&format=image/png&transparent=true&layers=Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) bBAEAx v1&width=1280&height=648&srs=EPSG:3857&bbox=-14255035,2647679,-7256275,6744960

More information about this service and the species names and codes are available at from USGS ScienceBase:

 

Species Range Maps

Example: 

To get the range map for the American Bison (scientific name: Bison bison, species code: mBISOx) the request would be:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/geoserver/CONUS_Range_2001/wms?service=WMS&request=GetMap&version=1.1.1&format=image/png&transparent=true&layers=American Bison (Bison bison) mBISOx v1&width=1280&height=648&srs=EPSG:3857&bbox=-14255035,2647679,-7256275,6744960

More information about this service and the species names and codes are available at USGS ScienceBase:

 

More Information:

You can use these services in popular Geographic Information System (GIS) software by providing the base urls: 

https://www.sciencebase.gov/geoserver/CONUS_Range_2001/wms? or https://www.sciencebase.gov/geoserver/CONUS_HabMap_2001/wms?

In ArcGIS Desktop or ArcGIS Pro, you would do this in the 'Add WMS Server' Connection dialog.  In QGIS, you would add a new 'WMS/WMTS' Connection.  See the documentation for your GIS software for full details.

Species habitat maps are available in an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Map Service (WMS).  Each species’ habitat map or range map is a layer in the respective WMS, referenced by the species' common name (scientific name) species code and version.  At this time all maps are version 1 (v1).

 

<< Back to Species Data Overview

Species Habitat Maps

Example: 

To get the habitat map for the Bald Eagle (scientific name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus, species code: bBAEAx) the request would be:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/geoserver/CONUS_HabMap_2001/wms?service=WMS&request=GetMap&version=1.1.1&format=image/png&transparent=true&layers=Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) bBAEAx v1&width=1280&height=648&srs=EPSG:3857&bbox=-14255035,2647679,-7256275,6744960

More information about this service and the species names and codes are available at from USGS ScienceBase:

 

Species Range Maps

Example: 

To get the range map for the American Bison (scientific name: Bison bison, species code: mBISOx) the request would be:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/geoserver/CONUS_Range_2001/wms?service=WMS&request=GetMap&version=1.1.1&format=image/png&transparent=true&layers=American Bison (Bison bison) mBISOx v1&width=1280&height=648&srs=EPSG:3857&bbox=-14255035,2647679,-7256275,6744960

More information about this service and the species names and codes are available at USGS ScienceBase:

 

More Information:

You can use these services in popular Geographic Information System (GIS) software by providing the base urls: 

https://www.sciencebase.gov/geoserver/CONUS_Range_2001/wms? or https://www.sciencebase.gov/geoserver/CONUS_HabMap_2001/wms?

In ArcGIS Desktop or ArcGIS Pro, you would do this in the 'Add WMS Server' Connection dialog.  In QGIS, you would add a new 'WMS/WMTS' Connection.  See the documentation for your GIS software for full details.