REST Documentation WFS¶

Notice this section is EXPERIMENTAL and the interface may change before release.

The base path for the WFS is:

https://maritime.gatehouse.dk/api/wfs/

Using the WFS¶

Currently supports the following features:

• GET /api/wfs/wfs?request=GetCapabilities - returns XML document describing
  capabilities of the endpoint.

• GET /api/wfs/wfs?request=DescribeFeatureType - returns XML document describing the
  features returned by the GetFeature request below.

• GET /api/wfs/wfs?request=GetFeature

Supports the following query parameters:

maxFeatures=N - limit the number of returned results to a maximum of N

propertyName=A,B,C - only get the property values of A,B,C. If unset returns all
supported properties.

Supported property names:

mmsi
imo
vessel_name
callsign
vessel_type
vessel_type_code
vessel_type_cargo
vessel_class
length
width
flag_country
flag_code
destination
eta
draught
position
longitude
latitude
sog
cog
rot
heading
nav_status
nav_status_code
source
ts_pos_utc
ts_static_utc
ts_insert_utc
dt_pos_utc
dt_static_utc
dt_insert_utc

FILTER=XML_FILTER - filter the features. Currently supports the following
formats:

• Return features inside a polygon:

<Filter
xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"><Within><PropertyName>position</PropertyName><gml:Polygon><gml:exterior><gml:LinearRing><gml:posList>7
55 12.5 55 12 58 7 55</gml:posList></gml:LinearRing></gml:exterior></gml:Polygon></Within></Filter>

• Return feature where property is equal to something (currrently only supports MMSI and IMO)

<Filter><PropertyIsEqualTo><PropertyName>imo</PropertyName><Literal>8987565</Literal></PropertyIsEqualTo></Filter>

• Return feature where property is inside some range (current only supports SOG):

<Filter><PropertyIsBetween><PropertyName>sog</PropertyName><LowerBoundary>10</LowerBoundary><UpperBoundary>15</UpperBoundary></PropertyIsBetween></Filter>

HTTP Status Codes¶

HTTP Status Codes