The Web Coverage Service (WCS) Reader enables FME to retrieve geographic information from a WCS-compliant server.
WCS is an OpenGIS® Implementation Specification. The WCS specification defines three HTTP operations:
- GetCapabilities
- DescribeCoverage
- GetCoverage
The WCS reader adheres to versions 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 of this specification, which can be found at the OpenGIS Consortium website.
OGC WCS (Web Coverage Service) Product and System Requirements
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Format |
FME Platform |
Operating System |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Reader/Writer |
FME Form |
FME Flow |
FME Flow Hosted |
Windows 64-bit |
Linux |
Mac |
|
Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Writer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Reader Overview
The WCS reader supports the following raster coverages:
- TIFF
- GeoTIFF
- PNG
- GIF
- JPEG
- HDF
- NITF
- NETCDF