Connect to a WFS service

WFS (Web Feature Service) is an OGC standard web service for geospatial data. Given the URL of a WFS service, Koordinates can scan it for feature types and add them to your site. It can connect to public WFS services and to services that need a username and password.

Connect to a WFS service

Open the Data Manager

Select Manage in the navigation menu.
Select New, then WFS

Select New. The tools menu opens at Data sources. Select WFS to open the Connect to WFS Source window.
Add the connection details
- Remote URL: the URL of the WFS service.
- Data Gateway: if your site has a Data Gateway and the service is inside your own network, choose the gateway to connect through. Otherwise leave Don’t Use Data Gateway selected. This option only appears if your site has a Data Gateway.
- Authentication: choose Username & Password if the service needs them, or leave None selected.
Select Next.
Add a title and owning group

Give the source a meaningful Title, and choose its Owning Group. Members of the owning group can configure the source, run scans and import data from it. You can change the owning group later.
Select Connect

Koordinates connects to the service and starts scanning it. After a few seconds you’re taken to the source, where you can import the data it finds.

Manage your WFS source

Find your source

In the Data Manager, select the Sources tab and select your source. To find it, type part of its name in Find source…, or sort and filter the list by type.
Select Settings

The Configure source window opens. The Details tab has the source’s title, group and description. The Connection tab has its Remote URL.
Select Save changes

To delete the source, select Remove source… in the Configure source window.

To learn how to run and review scans, see Scan and manage connected data sources.