[MapServer-users] OGC API – Features Part 3 (Filtering) implementation status

Scott public at postholer.com
Tue Jan 6 08:32:33 PST 2026


Hey Oli,

What many people do is create a wrapper around the mapserv binary and 
filter that way. It's flexibility is limited only by your imagination. 
It's also a great way to perform security on uri's/requests, especially 
in a public facing environment.

Hope that helps!
Scott

On 1/6/26 08:09, oliver.eberli--- via MapServer-users wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We would like to offer OGC API Features for our organization and the 
> public. Since we already use MapServer in production, it would be the 
> natural choice to provide this service via MapServer as well.
> 
> While evaluating the current OGC API Features implementation, we noticed 
> that filtering capabilities as defined in OGC API – Features Part 3 
> (Filtering) are not yet implemented. According to the documentation from 
> 2021, the status is still marked as “not in progress.” (https:// 
> www.mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-134.html <https:// 
> www.mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-134.html> or https:// 
> www.mapserver.org/ogc/ogc_api.html#ogcapi <https://www.mapserver.org/ 
> ogc/ogc_api.html#ogcapi>)
> 
> Could you please let us know whether there is any updated roadmap or 
> timeline for the implementation of Part 3 (Filtering) in MapServer? Any 
> information on planned development stages or priorities would be greatly 
> appreciated.
> 
> Thank you very much for your time and effort.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Oli
> 
> 
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