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Glossary

Term

Definition

AOI

Area of Interest

Basic Authentication

Username and password

CIR

Colored Infrared, commonly used for vegetation analysis

GetFeatureInfo

Streaming protocol to obtain metadata

Metadata

Information about data

REST

ESRI streaming protocol, similar to WMS

RGB

True color (red, green, blue)

SOAP

ESRI streaming protocol, similar to WMTS

Token

An access token used to authenticate streaming content

Webstore

HxGN Content Program’s online store for customer to download pixels

WMS

Web Map Service - layer designed for computation and accuracy.

For HxGN_Imagery, the native projection for the United States is NAD83_2011_UTM_z## and Europe is WGS84 UTM.

WMTS

Web Map Tile Service - cached layer optimized for performance.

For HxGN_Imagery, the cache layer native projection is EPSG: 3857.

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