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Web Coverage Service
1) Overview
2) Downloads
3) Official Schemas
4) Related News
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2) Downloads
3) Official Schemas
4) Related News
1) Overview
The OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) supports electronic retrieval of geospatial data as "coverages" – that is, digital geospatial information representing space/time-varying phe-nomena. This document specifies the WCS core; every implementation of a WCS shall adhere to this standard. This standard thus defines only basic requirements. Extensions to the core will define extensions to meet additional requirements, such as the response encoding. Indeed, additional extensions are required in order to completely specify a WCS for implementation. A WCS provides access to coverage data in forms that are useful for client-side rendering, as input into scientific models, and for other clients. The WCS may be compared to the OGC Web Feature Service (WFS) [4] and the Web Map Service (WMS) [5]. As WMS and WFS service instances, a WCS allows clients to choose portions of a server's information holdings based on spatial constraints and other query criteria.2) Downloads
Submit a Change Request, Requirement, or Comment for this OGC standard.
3) Official Schemas
http://schemas.opengis.net/wcs/
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