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Background Maps - WMS

  • March 16, 2026
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franb2289
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Hi! I’m new with FME Workbench. I’m used to using QGIS or ArcGIS, in where you can easily find and configure a map layer for your vector layer. In this case, I found Workbench 2025 doesn’t come with background maps pre configurated, so I came up with a simpler way of having one, without the need of a token.

As you may know  WMS stands for Web Map Service. It's an OGC standard for serving up map images over HTTP.


 

Fo adding a new background map:

 

 

In this particular case I’m using Terrestris free WMS map, beacuse they offer free access (depending on the scale you need) to the WMS service.

 

https://terrestris.de/en/products/free-osm-wms/

Color: https://ows.terrestris.de/osm/service?
Grayscale: https://ows.terrestris.de/osm-gray/service?

 

You can find more free options avaliable at the following link:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WMS#OSM_WMS_Servers