Most up-to-date Desktop GIS applications can use WMS services as if they were native layers. Your layers are published along with one or more cartographic styles, and they are ready to use as backgrounds in other maps.
They can be tranparent or opaque and can allow attribute info lookups just like any other layer. They make it quick and easy for end users to create quality maps, consistent with your standards and branding program.
Cut and Paste this URL in the WMS Connection dialog of your desktop GIS.
http://neomatix.linksysnet.com:8008/mapguide/mapagent/mapagent.fcgi?
Detailed instructions are provided for ArcGIS, Geomedia, MapInfo and Autodesk.
Zoom and identify properties. Change Coordinate System. Turn off individual layers or groups. Consider how much time you have saved your mappers in retriving and integrating data, defining styles and annotations ...
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Programmers can easily embed live WMS map images into HTML web pages as in the map below. 
The map can be updated automatically to display the current position of any object: snowplow, airplane, hazardous waste fallout area.
In addition to unlimited web uses, there is growing use of WMS in mobile devices, since little software is required to request and present the tiny map image files.
To see how programmers can quickly add and manipulate dynamic map images click below to open a new window with a small map request.
Open WMS In a Browser
Now copy the following text and replace the corresponding part at the end of the URL or internet address.
&BBOX=-99.945,49.845,-99.939,49.851
The map should have zoomed in for a closer look. Likewise, programmers can control the view by sending requests with different bounding box coordinates. These can be stored as an attribute, computed on the fly or acquired from another kind of web service, a geocoder.
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