Data Services Page

The following MRLC datasets are published as map services. These map services are available as Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Map Service (WMS) and Web Coverage Service (WCS) services. To utilize these services via your GIS application, copy the URL of your chosen service from the lists below (right click > copy link address).

Using the MRLC OGC Services

The following links provide tutorials on how to add the MRLC WMS layers to the QGIS and ArcMap clients.

• QGIS
• ArcMap
• ArcPro

Note: Use version 1.0.0 in the import settings when adding the WCS layer in ArcMap. No user name or password is needed.

Note: There is an issue with legends in Annual NLCD products not displaying correctly when using WCS data services in ArcPro. The guide below gives a brief walk through on how to load the style legends into Annual NLCD products when using WCS in ArcPro. There are six different styles, one for reach of the six products.

• Annual NLCD Style Layer Guide (.pdf)
• Annual NLCD Fractional Impervious (.lyrx)
• Annual NLCD Impervious Descriptor (.lyrx)
• Annual NLCD Land Confidence (.lyrx)
• Annual NLCD Land Change (.lyrx)
• Annual NLCD Land Cover (.lyrx)
• Annual NLCD Spectral Change (.lyrx)

MRLC OGC Services