WMS is strictly image based, so there is no vector data anywhere.

WFS is strictly vector based, so perhaps you can find what you are 
looking for with a public WFS service?

Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S



Ryan Snowden skrev:
> Hi there
>
> I'm a fresh member and looking for information regarding vector overlays from 
> a public WMS. 
>
> The default base layer I am using is labs.metacarta.com and it has a basic 
> layer amongst other layers like country_01. Are these layers vector layers in 
> that I can control their style? Some of these layers I turn on and they don't 
> really change anything on my map as well.
>
> Basically all I am after is a world vector map of coastal boundaries (low 
> priority), ocean, country names and state names. I'd like to control the 
> colours of the labels, the border colours and the land colour. I'll be adding 
> my own image markers to these so I'm not to concerned about this.
>
> Any help is appreciated.. there doesn't seem to be 1 single resource listing 
> public WMS servers, their layers and any vector layers I can overlay (or 
> maybe I'm typing the wrong thing into google).
>
> Any help appreciated, Thanks
> -Ryan
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