Digitization of data from a WMS link make shapefiles and Geotiff

Connect the WMS link and load the layer for digitization

Source : http://bhuvan5.nrsc.gov.in/bhuvan/wms

Get the URL from source website

1. Find the Appropirate Layer on the Source Website. in my case this is :- Land Use Land Cover.
2. Look for the Respective WMS URL For the layer. in my case this is :- http://bhuvan5.nrsc.gov.in/bhuvan/wms.

Note : You can also use the WMTS URL instead of WMS URL for same results.

Insert Url inside the Gis Software

 Insert Url inside the Gis Software

1. Click on add Wms server from catalog Pane.
2. Paste the WMS URL from the source page.
3. Click on load layers and wait for layer list to load.
4. Click on OK to permanantly add this server to your servers list in catalog.

Note : Use the username and password option if specified so on the source page.

Load layers inside your GIs Software

Load layers inside your GIs Software

1. Expand the Server layers by clicking on expand (+) button.
2. Select the required layer and drag and drop it to the layers pane.
3. Dropped layers would be added to the document and drawn.

Note : I have loaded landuse of kerala from bhuvan all credit goes to bhuvan- team and other departments for data.

See extra information about the layer features

See extra information about the layer features

1. Click on identify tool from menu.
2. Click anywhere on the loaded layer.
3. You will get the information about the feature which is from the attribute table of the wms link you can use this information while creating Attribute table columns or  fields for the layer you are going to digitize.

Digitize features using drawing tools

Create new Shapefile

Create new Shapefile

1. Right click on location where you want to save the digitized file .
2. Select new shapefile or feature class.
3. Give a name to the file.
4. Select the type of feature from menu in my case it is polygons for landuse.
5. Click on edit and Select the coordinate system in which you want to save the file. in my case for kerala i choose UTM 43N.
6. Click on OK to create the new file and load it to the layers pane.

Start editing on new Shapefile

Start editing on new Shapefile

1. Click on start editing from editor menu.
2. Click on Create features button from editor menu.
3. Click on the shapefile name in create feature pane.
4. Select the type of feature you want to draw in my case it is polygons for landuse.
5. Start tracing on the map section and double click to complete the traced feature.
6. Click on save feature to save edits.

Enter data to Give attributes to the digitized features layer

Enter data to Give attributes to the digitized features layer

1. Click on start editing from editor menu.
2. Click on Row selection button on extreme left to select the feature as well as the whole row in attribute table.
3. Enter the Required data inside the attrbute table.

Note : I would recommend using bulk selection of features and field calculator to speed up data entry for digitizing large datasets.

Export features to required format