Web Feature Services

Web Feature Service (WFS) protocol standards from the Open GIS Consortium define an interface for specifying requests for retrieving geographic features across the Web using platform-independent calls.

Project Report

The Minnesota Land Management Information Center (LMIC) was awarded a 2005 Cooperative Agreements Program grant to pursue the FGDC’s efforts in promoting interoperability and consolidated geospatial data discovery and delivery through the use of emerging Web Feature Service protocols.

To demonstrate that capability, LMIC proposed to refine the state’s municipal boundary annexation authorization and documentation procedures in a way that integrates:

1. Emerging Framework content standards
2. The Web Feature Services capabilities of Minnesota MapServer software
3. The state’s GIS coordinating council recommendations for an integrated enterprise solution that serves local, state and federal government needs from a single authoritative source.

Read the report:  Creating an Enterprise Municipal Boundary Data Service Using the OGC WFS Specification, Nov. 30, 2008 (25p., 543K, PDF)

How to Use WFS Services

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