Spatial Manager Blog : WFS (page 2)

New native WFS data provider

Although since the first versions of ‘Spatial Manager’ has been possible to access WFS (Web Feature Service) servers, until now this has been done through two data providers based on FDO and OGR. Recently, a native WFS data provider has... more


Tip – WFS servers return GML data

WFS data servers provide the ability to access vector spatial information via a remote connection. Although you can use ‘Spatial Manager’ User Data Sources (UDS) to access this type of servers, it is interesting to know that these servers return... more


From WFS servers to SHP files easily

The Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service Interface Standard (WFS) provides an interface allowing requests for geographical features across the web using platform-independent calls The basic Web Feature Service allows querying and retrieval of features. The client generates the request... more