Use Google Earth as a WMS client

Google Earth could be used as a WMS client to make the two basic WMS requests, GetCapabilities and GetMap.

Show the capabilities of the LAS-WMS server

1. open Google Earth
2. click Add menu
3. selcet Image Overlay
4. on the Google Earth - New window, click Refresh
5. enter a name for Name

6. click WMS Parameters button

7. on the GoogleEarth - Web Mapping Service Parameters window

(1). click ' Add... ', enter URL of your WMS server, for example, http://porter.pmel.noaa.gov:8922/wms/wms_servlet

or

(2) you could select a WMS server from the drop-down list of WMS Server

Now, the WMS layers will show under Transparent Layers on the left of the GoogleEarth - Web Mapping Service Parameters window

Make a GetMap request for a WMS layer

1. select a WMS layer from the list, click ' Add-> '
2. the layer will show under Selceted Layers on the right of the GoogleEarth - Web Mapping Service Parameters window
3. highlight the layer in Selected Layers and click Apply
4. wait for the WMS server sends back the plot image; then click OK on the GoogleEarth - Web Mapping Service Parameters window
5. click OK on the Google Earth - New window

Now, the plot will show on Google Earth. When you zoom or pan, the plot will be dynamically updated according to the current view.