{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/TerriaJS/terriajs/issues/562","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/TerriaJS/terriajs/issues/562/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/TerriaJS/terriajs/issues/562/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/TerriaJS/terriajs/issues/562/events","html_url":"https://github.com/TerriaJS/terriajs/issues/562","id":59431071,"number":562,"title":"Explain WMS, WFS etc to users","user":{"login":"stevage","id":678344,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/678344?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage","html_url":"https://github.com/stevage","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":{"login":"stevage","id":678344,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/678344?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage","html_url":"https://github.com/stevage","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stevage/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-03-02T02:15:04Z","updated_at":"2015-05-14T22:34:03Z","closed_at":null,"body":"![screen shot](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/678344/6434437/f4f41028-c0dc-11e4-936b-630c6ce76e44.png)\r\n\r\nOur current dialog with information about the datasource looks like this. But realistically, very few non-GIS people know what WMS is, or what it means for them.\r\n\r\nSuggestion: reword this part of the dialog like this:\r\n\r\n**Data source URL**\r\n\r\n`http://geoserver-nm.nicta.com.au/geotopo_250k/ows`\r\n\r\n_This is a Web Map Service (WMS) layer: a pre-rendered image of the data provided by the data custodian. [More information]_\r\n\r\n\r\nThat \"more information\" link could expand to a paragraph or so explaining what the user can (and can't do) with a WMS layer."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/TerriaJS/terriajs/issues/comments/102188949","html_url":"https://github.com/TerriaJS/terriajs/issues/562#issuecomment-102188949","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/TerriaJS/terriajs/issues/562","id":102188949,"user":{"login":"hilarycinis","id":6046521,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6046521?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/hilarycinis","html_url":"https://github.com/hilarycinis","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hilarycinis/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hilarycinis/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hilarycinis/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hilarycinis/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hilarycinis/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hilarycinis/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hilarycinis/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hilarycinis/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/hilarycinis/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-05-14T22:34:03Z","updated_at":"2015-05-14T22:34:03Z","body":"Thanks Steve, I agree. Even if GIS folk get it there it's polite to inform non-GIS folks. "}}