Try OpenStreetMap. (I haven't used their WMS services but have rolled my own from OSM data) I can't open this link (horribly bad ISP service) but:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WMS#OSM_WMS_Servers may be a good place to start On 1/6/14, Peter Len <petera...@earthlink.net> wrote: > I am using QGIS 2.0.1 and am looking for a URL for a WMS server that will > serve up a global map of any kind. I thought this would b easy to find but > am running into a wall on this. No sure what I am missing. Can anyone give > me a WMS server URL that has a world map of some sort? > > Thanks - Peter > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user