GRASS GIS manual: v.in.wfs

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NAME

v.in.wfs - Imports GetFeature from a WFS server.

KEYWORDS

vector, import, OGC web services

SYNOPSIS

v.in.wfs

v.in.wfs --help

v.in.wfs [-lr] url=string output=name [name=string[,string,...]] [srs=string] [maximum_features=integer] [start_index=integer] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

-l: Download server capabilities to 'wms_capabilities.xml' in the current directory and exit
-r: Restrict fetch to features which touch the current region
--overwrite: Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--help: Print usage summary
--verbose: Verbose module output
--quiet: Quiet module output
--ui: Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:

url=string [required]: Base URL starting with 'http' and ending in '?'
output=name [required]: Name for output vector map
name=string[,string,...]: Comma separated names of data layers to download
srs=string: Specify alternate spatial reference system (example: EPSG:4326); The given code must be supported by the server, consult the capabilities file
maximum_features=integer: Maximum number of features to download; (default: unlimited)
start_index=integer: Skip earlier feature IDs and start downloading at this one; (default: start with the first feature)

DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLES
REQUIREMENTS
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS

DESCRIPTION

v.in.wfs imports OGC WFS maps (Web Feature Service) from external servers.

EXAMPLES

Import of world cities with population > 1 million:

# run in Latitude-Longitude location (EPGS code 4326):
# download geonam_gt1M layer:
v.in.wfs \
  url="http://mapserver.flightgear.org/ms?Service=WFS&request=GetFeature&version=1.0.0" \
  name=geonam_gt1M output=geonam_gt1M

Download 25 ship wrecks from LINZ data service:
(first create yourself a free API key at http://data.linz.govt.nz/p/web-services/)

# run in LatLong location:
URL='http://wfs.data.linz.govt.nz/<PUT YOUR API KEY HERE>/wfs?'

# download available layers to wms_capabilities.xml
v.in.wfs -l url="$URL"

From that file we learn that the shipwreck layer is called "v:x633" and that EPSG code 4326 (LatLong WGS84) is a supported SRS for this data layer.

v.in.wfs url="$URL" output=linz_hydro_25_wrecks name="v:x633" srs="EPSG:4326" max=25

REQUIREMENTS

The OGR library on the system needs to be compiled with Xerces C++ XML Parser support (for GML).

AUTHORS

Markus Neteler, Hamish Bowman

Last changed: $Date: 2013-04-13 08:23:39 -0700 (Sat, 13 Apr 2013) $

SOURCE CODE

Available at: v.in.wfs source code (history)