GET antarctic/wfs

ac.uk:antarctic-digital-database

Summary: Web Feature Service (WFS)
Operation ID: wfsRequest
Auth: none
Description

OGC WFS 2.0.0 endpoint for retrieving geospatial feature data (vector data) from the Antarctic Digital Database. Supports GetCapabilities, DescribeFeatureType, and GetFeature operations.

Parameters (8)

bbox (string, query, optional)

Bounding box filter

count (integer, query, optional, default: 100)

Maximum number of features to return

outputFormat (string, query, optional, default: application/json)

Output format for features

Constraints: {'enum': ['application/json', 'text/xml; subtype=gml/3.2']}

request (string, query, required)

WFS operation

Constraints: {'enum': ['GetCapabilities', 'DescribeFeatureType', 'GetFeature']}

service (string, query, required)

Service type

Constraints: {'enum': ['WFS']}

srsName (string, query, optional, default: EPSG:3031)

Spatial Reference System

typeNames (string, query, optional)

Feature type name(s) (required for GetFeature)

version (string, query, required, default: 2.0.0)

WFS version

Constraints: {'enum': ['2.0.0']}

Examples (3)

TitleTypeURLAction
WFS GetCapabilities - Service metadata discovery curl https://www.bas.ac.uk/antarctic/wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetCapabilities
WFS GetFeature - Antarctic coastline within bounding box curl https://www.bas.ac.uk/antarctic/wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeNames=add:coastline&bbox=-90,-180,-60,180,EPSG:4326&outputFormat=application/json&count=50
WFS DescribeFeatureType - Schema for ice shelf features curl https://www.bas.ac.uk/antarctic/wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=DescribeFeatureType&typeNames=add:iceshelves

Probe History

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TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:11:06.899090 404 689ms
2026-03-23 09:49:45.798995 404 699ms
2026-03-23 09:34:17.677393 404 549ms