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WMS Canvas example for ALA occurrence map
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| async function generateStaticMapImage(speciesName) { | |
| const width = 800; | |
| const height = 700; | |
| const bbox = "112,-44,154,-9"; // Australia bounding box | |
| const canvas = document.createElement('canvas'); | |
| canvas.width = width; | |
| canvas.height = height; | |
| const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d'); | |
| // 1. URLs | |
| const basemapUrl = `https://basemaps.cartocdn.com/gl/positron-nolabels/static/${bbox}/${width}x${height}.png`; | |
| const alaUrl = `https://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/wms/reflect?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=ALA:occurrences&STYLES=dots&FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&SRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=${bbox}&WIDTH=${width}&HEIGHT=${height}&q=raw_name:"${encodeURIComponent(speciesName)}"&colourby=0xFF0000`; | |
| // 2. Load Images | |
| const loadImage = src => new Promise((resolve, reject) => { | |
| const img = new Image(); | |
| img.crossOrigin = "Anonymous"; | |
| img.onload = () => resolve(img); | |
| img.onerror = reject; | |
| img.src = src; | |
| }); | |
| const [basemap, alaOverlay] = await Promise.all([ | |
| loadImage(basemapUrl), | |
| loadImage(alaUrl) | |
| ]); | |
| // 3. Draw on Canvas | |
| ctx.drawImage(basemap, 0, 0, width, height); | |
| ctx.drawImage(alaOverlay, 0, 0, width, height); | |
| // 4. Get Data URL / PNG Output | |
| return canvas.toDataURL('image/png'); | |
| } |
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