[GIS] Connect to Web Feature Service using python/C#

cpython-2.6wfs

I want to connect to WFS using either python or C#, it would be great if anyone can tell me how to connect and extract features from the service. I'm very new to this. Any help on this is most welcome.

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Most WFS implementations support a standard interface - you GetCapabilities, and then do the query you need (usually with KVP, unless you are using a SOAP toolkit). Its pretty much per the standard.

If you need an example, perhaps the QGIS implementation (in C++, but translation to C# or python should be achievable) might be informative: https://github.com/qgis/Quantum-GIS/tree/master/src/providers/wfs

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It looks like I found your holy grail!

SharpMap has a WFS implementation.

Code here: https://github.com/SharpMap/SharpMap/blob/master/SharpMap/Data/Providers/WFSClient.cs

Main web page here: https://github.com/SharpMap/SharpMap.

If I were you, I'd use that as much as I could. It'll save you doing all the tedious implementation stuff...

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