WCS (Web Coverage Service) Reader
The Web Coverage Service (WCS) Reader enables FME to retrieve geographic information from a WCS-compliant server.
Overview
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.
Reader Overview
The WCS reader at this moment supports TIFF, GeoTIFF, PNG, GIF, JPEG, HDF, NITF, NETCDF raster coverages.