web feature service | Documentation

Web feature service (WFS) is an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standard for feature servicesA feature service is a data service that provides access to spatial and non-spatial data in feature layers, feature layer views, and tables.Learn more. WFS provides feature data on-demand and provides methods for querying data using spatial and non-spatial queries.

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KMLKeyhole Markup Language (KML) is an XML-based format that describes geographic entities. Developed and popularized for use with Google Earth, the KML specification is now maintained by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).Learn more