A WMS client for the terminal.

MapsInTerminal is a simple command line utility to view maps in the terminal using a WMS service.

Supports WMS version 1.1.1 and 1.3.0. Might work with other versions, but that is untested.

Tested on GNU/Linux, but might work on other Operating Systems as well.

Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0

This is the default projection, EPSG:3857.

mapsint http://some-wms-service/my/wms mylayer

Use a custom projection, for example EPSG:3006.

mapsint http://some-wms-service/my/wms mylayer --crs epsg:3006 --center 593000,6902000

Can be used with OpenStreetMap WMS provided by terrestris

mapsint https://ows.terrestris.de/osm/service OSM-WMS

(Map data from OpenStreetMap)

Pan: arrow keys
Zoom: +/-
Reset view: backspace
Exit: escape

• WMS CRS
• WMS image format
• WMS styles
• WMS version
• Center coordinate, view positioning x,y
• Resolution (units/pixel), zoom level at startup
• Image gutter
• Image scaling
• Basic Auth user:pass
• Invert axis order
• Disable SSL certificate verification

To see all options run: mapsint --help

It is possible to set default values for options by creating a file named .MapsInTerminal in the user's home directory:

{
   "crs": "EPSG:3857",
   "format": "image/png",
   "styles": null,
   "version": "1.1.1",
   "center": "2044638,8251379",
   "res": 1222.992452562820,
   "gutter": 0,
   "scaling": 1,
   "auth": null,
   "invert": false,
   "ssl_verify": true
}

• Python 3
• requests
• Pillow
• pager
• img2txt.py

cd MapsInTerminal
pip install .