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service

WFS

Mandatory WFS standard value

request

GetFeature

Mandatory WFS standard value

version

1.0.0

One of the mandatory WFS standard values returned by returned by the request=GetCapabilities.

typename

value inside one of the <FeatureType><Name></Name><FeatureType> tags.

One of the features returned by returned by the request=GetCapabilities. In the example above it is World:worldcities

BBOX (optional)

0,50,10,55

bounding box: min(longitude),min(latitude),max(longitude),max(latitude) . This is optional and return only the part of {{typename }} that is inside the bounding box. (note WFS is know to be a hotchpotch for coordinate order, this particular server configuration seems to prefer lat-lon swapped: 50,0,55,10).

Filter (optional)

Amsterdam

It is possible to add filters to a request, using the description returned by the request=DescribeFeatureType, for instance http://geo.vliz.be/geoserver/wfs?service=WFS&request=GetFeature&typeName=World:worldcities&filter=<PropertyIsEqualTo><PropertyName>World:city_name</PropertyName><Literal>Amsterdam</Literal></PropertyIsEqualTo>