[postgis-users] Question - Connect, retrieve, and store WMS data in my postgis database?

[Nicolas Ribot]

Hi Carlos,

WMS data are images generated from vector or raster objects, use for
display, not really for data processing.
You could store spatial extension of WMS images in Postgis, or maybe
the images themselves with Postgis Raster (though I don't know if it
would be really useful ?).
If these 3rd party can provide a WFS interface (vector exchange
format), I think it may be more useful in your case to allow data
processing.

Nicolas

On 7 June 2011 21:24, Carlos DaPonte <cdaponte at synergyenvironmental.ca> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I’m new to postgis and its capabilities.  I’m working with many sources of
> data, some of which are 3rd party WMS  feeds that update daily.  I would
> like to connect to these 3rd party data sources through postgis/Postgres to
> update my database on a scheduled basis and to conduct spatial queries
> against it and my data. The results of the queries are then displayed in
> user database forms as summary reports.  Is this possible to connect to a
> WMS feed, retrieve, and store the data to my database using postgis?
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> Thanks for the help!
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> Carlos
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