This part of the URL is known as the service end point. When we want to see the the Delaware maps in Google earth, using the above procedure, we just specify the part of the above URLS up to and including the question mark. You can click on these GetMap links and they will show you some maps in your browser. Let's look at the GeoServer WMS service provided by the Delaware Geological SurveyĪ GetCapabilities request has a URL like: The above example use a MapServer WMS service but it's no different from a GeoServer WMS. To get Google Earth to request a png instead of a gif change the FORMAT=image/gif parameter value to FORMAT=image/png.Now in the 'New Image Overlay' window you will see that the Link section has been filled out to give you something like the below string, which is the request that Google Earth will send to your GeoServer WMS server without the BoundingBox details:.Select the layer you want to show on the map from the list of Transparent layers in the left hand side and add them to the list of Selected layers on the right hand side.Add the URL to your service (without parameters) for example something like:.
select the Add button next to 'WMS Server:' drop down.Instead of creating a KML file then using that to access Google Earth, you can instead add your GeoServer WMS directly as an overlay as below:
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