The Web Feature Server page of the Add Data wizard is used to connect to to OGC Web Feature Servers. Web Feature Servers provide direct access to raw feature data (rather than simply a picture).
Field | Description |
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URL | The capabilities document of the web feature service. |
Currently uDig supports WFS 1.0 servers, making use of the GML2 format.
These settings are optional and are only of interest if you are performance tunning or having trouble connecting using the defaults.
Field | Description |
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GET | Service may be accessed using HTTP Get |
POST | Service may be accessed using HTTP Post, helpful when making complicated queries by hand. |
Maximum Features | The default value of 100 is fine, lower values may be needed when working with large individual features with lots of attributes. Higher values may be worth while when working with point data. |
Timeout | You may wish to adjust this delay based of service reliability |