Looking for an OGC Compliant WFS/WCS Server

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: UMN MapServer Users List 
> [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of John Schattel
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 4:37 PM
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Looking for an OGC Compliant 
> WFS/WCS Server
> 
> 
> Good Afternoon All,
> 
> I would like to use a WFS and WCS server as the front end for 
> a software 
> application we have that encodes our data in GML3.1.1.  From 
> what I have 
> read on this list, it seems like MapServer is capable of 
> acting as a WFS 
> and WCS server.  Is that correct? 

Correct.  OGC:WFS 1.0.0 (serving GML2 and GML3 level 0), and OGC:WCS
1.0.0.

> Is there any reason why it 
> wouldn't 
> be a good approach to use MapServer solely as a WFS and WCS 
> servers?  If 
> this plan seems reasonable, where would you suggest I turn to 
> learn how 
> to implement these features of the MapServer?
> 

MapServer is flexible enough to act in many modes e.g. CGI mode as well
as various OGC Web Services.

For learning resources, check out the OGC howtos on
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs.  The MapServer OGC Web Services
Workshop (http://devgeo.cciw.ca/ms_ogc_workshop/index.html) also
provides a good tutorial and examples on getting up to speed on
supporting OGC specifications in MapServer.


> In advance, thanks for your help.
> 
> John
> 
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