GeoMoose Data Protocol Support

GeoMoose supports the reading of spatial data from web-based servers using standard protocols.

Web-based Spatial Data Protocols (read-only)

Data Source Protocol	Protocol Type	GeoMoose mapsource type	Display	Identify (single click)	Select (by spatial feature)	Search (by attribute values)
Vector files	GeoJSON	geojson	Yes	No 3	No 3	No 3
OGC OWS (UMN MapServer, geoserver)	WMS: v1.1.1	wms, mapserver	Yes	Yes (no highlight 1 ), INFO_FORMAT=GML	Yes, use query-as 2	Yes, use query-as 2
	WFS: v1.1.0	wfs, mapserver-wfs	Yes	Yes, INFO_FORMAT=GML, GeoJSON	Yes	Yes
Arc GIS Server v10+	MapServer /export?f=image	ags	Yes	Yes, use query-as 2	Yes, use query-as 2	Yes, use query-as 2
	MapServer /query?f=json	ags-vector	Yes	Yes if Supported Operation:Query 4	Yes if Supported Operation:Query 4	Yes if Supported Operation:Query 4
	FeatureServer /query?f=json	ags-vector	Yes	Yes if Supported Operation:Query 4	Yes if Supported Operation:Query 4	Yes if Supported Operation:Query 4
	MapServer /tile/{z}/{y}/{x}	xyz	Yes	Not supported by Protocol
UMN MapServer	“classic” CGI	no support (use MapServer’s WMS, WFS protocols listed above)
Image Tile Servers	XYZ (e.g OSM)	xyz	Yes	Not supported by Protocol
	Bing	bing	Yes	Not supported by Protocol
	OGC WMTS	no support
	Google	no support (Google licensing limitation)

1

Feature highlight is not supported for WMS layer unless the server allows a query result format (INFO_FORMAT) of GML.

2(1,2,3,4,5)

Use two mapsources, one wms (for display), the other wfs for the query. Add a “query-as” attribute to the wms layer (How-to display a raster layer and query as a vector layer).

3(1,2,3)

GeoMoose does not currently support this query operations for this mapsource type.

4(1,2,3,4,5,6)

The layer on the AGS server must be configured to have “Supported Operations: Query”.

Local File Load/Save

Data Source Protocol	File Format	mapsource type	Display	Identify (single click)	Select	Search
Local file load/save	GeoJSON	vector	Yes	Yes	by Point only	No
	KML	vector	Yes	Yes	by Point only	No

Feature Editing Support

Protocol	Feature Geometry	Edit
WFS-T Geoserver, UMN MapServer	Point	Yes
	Line	Yes
	Polygon	Yes
OGC API Features - Transactions	Point	Future
	Line	Future
	Polygon	Future