[Qgis-user] WFS and QGIS - no sign of the data

[Jonathan Moules]

Upon further investigation it seems QGIS doesn't support WFS 1.1.0 but lets
you add it anyway (it just doesn't work). I've therefore reported this as a
bug.

No idea why only some layers loaded with WFS 1.0.0; works fine today.
Jonathan


On 27 December 2012 17:30, Jonathan Moules <
jonathanmoules at warwickshire.gov.uk> wrote:

> I have a WFS layer being served by GeoServer. When I add it to QGIS 1.8.0,
> after a long delay, QGIS adds it to the layer menu.
> Except there's absolutely no data on the map.
> The map itself is zoomed to 1:11. I'm at about 0,0.
>
> The data is in British National Grid (27700) and comprises about 50,000
> polygons. I specified the CRS at adding time and the data is stored in the
> database in 27700.
> QGIS has picked up the attribute table structure but that's it. I can't
> "zoom to extent", and there's nothing in the attribute table. Searching the
> attribute table finds nothing either.
>
> I can't see any QGIS errors. The WFS GetCapabilities looks like this:
>
>
> <wfs:WFS_Capabilities version="1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="
> http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="
> http://www.opengis.net/wfs" xmlns:wfs="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"
> xmlns:ows="http://www.opengis.net/ows" xmlns:gml="
> http://www.opengis.net/gml" xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"
> xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xsi:schemaLocation="
> http://www.opengis.net/wfs
> http://wppgeog3:8082/geoserver/schemas/wfs/1.1.0/wfs.xsd" xmlns:Test="
> www.warwickshire.gov.uk/test" updateSequence="222">
> <ows:ServiceIdentification>
> <ows:Title>
> GeoServer Web Feature Service
> </ows:Title>
> <ows:Abstract>
> This is the reference implementation of WFS 1.0.0 and WFS 1.1.0, supports
> all WFS operations including Transaction.
> </ows:Abstract>
> <ows:Keywords>
> <ows:Keyword>
> WFS
> </ows:Keyword>
> <ows:Keyword>
> WMS
> </ows:Keyword>
> <ows:Keyword>
> GEOSERVER
> </ows:Keyword>
> </ows:Keywords>
> <ows:ServiceType>
> WFS
> </ows:ServiceType>
> <ows:ServiceTypeVersion>
> 1.1.0
> </ows:ServiceTypeVersion>
> <ows:Fees>
> NONE
> </ows:Fees>
> <ows:AccessConstraints>
> NONE
> </ows:AccessConstraints>
> </ows:ServiceIdentification>
> <ows:ServiceProvider>
> <ows:ProviderName>
> God
> </ows:ProviderName>
> <ows:ServiceContact>
> <ows:IndividualName>
> GIS
> </ows:IndividualName>
> <ows:PositionName>
> GIS
> </ows:PositionName>
> <ows:ContactInfo>
> <ows:Phone>
> <ows:Voice/>
> <ows:Facsimile/>
> </ows:Phone>
> <ows:Address>
> <ows:City>
> GIS
> </ows:City>
> <ows:AdministrativeArea/>
> <ows:PostalCode/>
> <ows:Country>
> UK
> </ows:Country>
> </ows:Address>
> </ows:ContactInfo>
> </ows:ServiceContact>
> </ows:ServiceProvider>
> <ows:OperationsMetadata>
> <ows:Operation name="GetCapabilities">
> <ows:DCP>
> <ows:HTTP>
> <ows:Get xlink:href="http://wppgeog3:8082/geoserver/wfs"/>
> <ows:Post xlink:href="http://wppgeog3:8082/geoserver/wfs"/>
> </ows:HTTP>
> </ows:DCP>
> <ows:Parameter name="AcceptVersions">
> <ows:Value>
> 1.0.0
> </ows:Value>
> <ows:Value>
>  1.1.0
> </ows:Value>
> </ows:Parameter>
> <ows:Parameter name="AcceptFormats">
> <ows:Value>
> text/xml
> </ows:Value>
> </ows:Parameter>
> </ows:Operation>
> <ows:Operation name="DescribeFeatureType">
> <ows:DCP>
> <ows:HTTP>
> <ows:Get xlink:href="http://wppgeog3:8082/geoserver/wfs"/>
> <ows:Post xlink:href="http://wppgeog3:8082/geoserver/wfs"/>
> </ows:HTTP>
> </ows:DCP>
> <ows:Parameter name="outputFormat">
> <ows:Value>
> text/xml; subtype=gml/3.1.1
> </ows:Value>
> </ows:Parameter>
> </ows:Operation>
> <ows:Operation name="GetFeature">
> <ows:DCP>
> <ows:HTTP>
> <ows:Get xlink:href="http://wppgeog3:8082/geoserver/wfs"/>
> <ows:Post xlink:href="http://wppgeog3:8082/geoserver/wfs"/>
> </ows:HTTP>
> </ows:DCP>
> <ows:Parameter name="resultType">
> <ows:Value>
> results
> </ows:Value>
> <ows:Value>
> hits
> </ows:Value>
> </ows:Parameter>
> <ows:Parameter name="outputFormat">
> <ows:Value>
> text/xml; subtype=gml/3.1.1
> </ows:Value>
> <ows:Value>
> GML2
> </ows:Value>
> <ows:Value>
> GML2-GZIP
> </ows:Value>
> <ows:Value>
> SHAPE-ZIP
> </ows:Value>
> <ows:Value>
> application/gml+xml; version=3.2
> </ows:Value>
> <ows:Value>
> csv
> </ows:Value>
> <ows:Value>
> gml3
> </ows:Value>
> <ows:Value>
> gml32
> </ows:Value>
> <ows:Value>
> json
> </ows:Value>
> <ows:Value>
> text/xml; subtype=gml/2.1.2
> </ows:Value>
> <ows:Value>
> text/xml; subtype=gml/3.2
> </ows:Value>
> </ows:Parameter>
> <ows:Constraint name="LocalTraverseXLinkScope">
> <ows:Value>
> 2
> </ows:Value>
> </ows:Constraint>
> </ows:Operation>
> <ows:Operation name="GetGmlObject">
> <ows:DCP>
> <ows:HTTP>
> <ows:Get xlink:href="http://wppgeog3:8082/geoserver/wfs"/>
> <ows:Post xlink:href="http://wppgeog3:8082/geoserver/wfs"/>
> </ows:HTTP>
> </ows:DCP>
> </ows:Operation>
> </ows:OperationsMetadata>
> <FeatureTypeList>
> <Operations>
> <Operation>
> Query
> </Operation>
> </Operations>
> <FeatureType xmlns:Test="www.warwickshire.gov.uk/test">
> <Name>
> Test:OS_MM2_CONWY_TOPOGRAPHIC_AREA
> </Name>
> <Title>
> OS_MM2_CONWY_TOPOGRAPHIC_AREA
> </Title>
> <Abstract/>
> <ows:Keywords>
> <ows:Keyword>
> OS_MM2_CONWY_TOPOGRAPHIC_AREA
> </ows:Keyword>
> <ows:Keyword>
> features
> </ows:Keyword>
> </ows:Keywords>
> <DefaultSRS>
> urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:27700
> </DefaultSRS>
> <ows:WGS84BoundingBox>
> <ows:LowerCorner>
> -4.02931861385795 52.31146421508856
> </ows:LowerCorner>
> <ows:UpperCorner>
> -3.6884903044783406 53.34934458176171
> </ows:UpperCorner>
> </ows:WGS84BoundingBox>
> </FeatureType>
> </FeatureTypeList>
>
> ...filter capabilties removed.
>
> </wfs:WFS_Capabilities>
>
>
>
>
>
> BUT: It only doesn't work if its WFS 1.1.0.
>
> It kind of works in 1.0.0, but many features are missing (the attribute
> table claims 1438 features when there are ~50,000).
> WFS 1.0.0 works fine in MapInfo.
>
> Any thoughts? Is this a QGIS issue or a GeoServer issue? Have I set
> something up wrong? Do I need to be reporting this to someone as a bug?
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
>


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