Web Coverage Service
Overview:
A Web Coverage Service (WCS) offers multi-dimensional coverage data for access over the Internet, which may be used for specific analysis on client side.
Unlike WMS, which returns portrayed images as static maps (rendered by the server), the WCS provides available data together with their detailed descriptions; defines a rich syntax for requests against these data; and returns data with its original semantics (instead of pictures) which may be interpreted, extrapolated, etc., and not just portrayed.
Unlike WFS, which returns discrete geospatial features, the Web Coverage Service returns coverages representing space/time-varying phenomena that relate a spatio-temporal domain to a (possibly multidimensional) range of properties.
This profile specifies:
- core requirements for a DGIWG Web Coverage Service Geo Profile implementation according to:
- OGC WCS 2.0 Interface Standard- Core: Corrigendum 09-110r4
- OGC Coverage Implementation Schema 09-146r2
- OGC Web Services Common Standard 06-121r9
- extensions for:
- mandatory, conditional, and optional implementation criteria
- WCS service metadata requirements
- JPIP Streaming (JPEG 2000 Interactive Protocol Streaming provides significant military capability enhancement)
Downloads:
| DGIWG # | Document Title (Click to Download) | Edition | Edition Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | Defence Profile of OGC Web Coverage Service 2.0 | 1.0.0 | 2017-11-28 |