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NAME

v.in.wfs - Import GetFeature from WFS

KEYWORDS

vector, import, wfs

SYNOPSIS

v.in.wfs
v.in.wfs help
v.in.wfs [wfs=string] output=string [--overwrite] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Flags:

--overwrite
Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output

Parameters:

wfs=string
GetFeature URL starting with 'http'
output=string
Name for output vector map

DESCRIPTION

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

EXAMPLES

Import of GRASS user map:

# run in LatLong location:
v.in.wfs \
 wfs="http://mapserver.gdf-hannover.de/cgi-bin/grassuserwfs?REQUEST=GetFeature&SERVICE=WFS&VERSION=1.0.0" out=grass_users

v.db.select grass_users where="name ~ 'Markus'"

REQUIREMENTS

The "curl" http download program must be installed. The OGR library on the system needs to be compiled with Xerces C++ XML Parser support (for GML).

SEE ALSO

v.in.ogr

AUTHORS

Markus Neteler, Hamish Bowman

Last changed: $Date: 2010-11-11 09:29:00 -0800 (Thu, 11 Nov 2010) $


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