Web Services can provide more data for you to work with in MapInfo Pro. A Web Map Service (WMS) allows you to access maps and data through your local intranet or the Internet. This innovation is based on a specification from the Open GIS Consortium (OGC) that allows you to use raster map images from servers that also comply with the specification. You must specify the coordinate system within your data request to ensure that the images you retrieve "sync up" or register with your other map data.
Note: The WMS sites that we include in this documentation or in the standard installation of MapInfo Pro have been verified as part of the testing process. We cannot guarantee that these sites will remain active, only that they were active as of this writing.