The document discusses the 'Clip and Ship' functionality of MapServer, which enables data distribution through various web services including WMS, WFS, and WCS. It covers details about data formats, metadata management, and examples of requests for feature retrieval, particularly focusing on GIS data export in formats such as shapefile and GeoJSON. The document also outlines configuration options, limitations, and resources for further information regarding the implementation.

1. Clip and Ship: MapServer for Data Distribution Frank Warmerdam, Google, Inc. Michael Smith, US Army Corps of Engineers

2. Clip and Ship Interactively: visualization layer selection spatial drill down Deliver Data: file format coordinate system raw data bundled up (zip, etc) immediate delivery

3. OGC Web Protocols All are HTTP web service protocols WMS (Web Map Service) portrayal/visualization oriented Returns PNG/JPEG/GIF WFS (Web Feature Service) Raw GIS vector feature access. Defaults to returning GML. WCS (Web Coverage Service) Raw Raster data access. Returns GeoTIFF, etc.

4. MapServer and GDAL/OGR GDAL/OGR multi format raster/vector data access multi format raster/vector data writing http://www.gdal.org/ MapServer Web map server Supports WMS, WFS and WCS protocols Uses GDAL/OGR for some data access and encoding http://www.mapserver.org/

5. CorpsMap MapServer OpenLayers GeoExt

6. MapServer Implementation Map File: OUTPUTFORMAT declarations for output formats enable WMS, WFS and WCS DUMP TRUE for underlying data access attribute access and type details declare supported coordinate systems

7. Metadata to allow Export and Support Projections WEB ...... METADATA "ows_title" "mywfs" "ows_enable_request" "*" "ows_srs" "EPSG:4326 EPSG:26915 " "wfs_getfeature_formatlist" "Shapefile,FileGDB,geojson" END END

8. Including Attributes Controlled via gml_include_items and gml_exclude_items Separate multiple columns with commas Use the special keyword all with the gml_include_items. Example: METADATA "gml_include_items" "all" "gml_exclude_items" "my_sensitive_column,other" END Default behavior is to expose no attributes at all

9. Attribute Level Controls gml_ itemname _alias gml_ itemname _width gml_ itemname _precision gml_ itemname _type Integer, Real, Character,Date, Boolean or "gml_types" "auto" defines all field types from source OGR, Oracle, PostGIS and Shapefile Default is everything is a string!

10. Geometry Type gml/ows/wfs_geomtype (Optional) Geometry, Point, LineString, Polygon, MultiPoint, MultiLineString, MultiPolygon, GeometryCollection or None Also 2.5D version - Point25D, LineString25D, ... Defaults to 2D based on layer type Used for GML and OGR output

11. OutputFormat Declaration Describes a OGR Format including layer creation options (LCO:*) dataset creation options (DSCO:*) form Simple / Multipart / Zip storage Memory / Filesystem / Stream filename (default is result.dat)

12. Example Output Formats OUTPUTFORMAT NAME "Shapefile" DRIVER "OGR/ESRI Shapefile" FORMATOPTION "STORAGE=memory" FORMATOPTION "FORM=zip" FORMATOPTION "FILENAME=%outfile%.zip" END OUTPUTFORMAT NAME "FileGDB" DRIVER "OGR/FileGDB" FORMATOPTION "STORAGE=filesystem" FORMATOPTION "FORM=zip" FORMATOPTION "FILENAME=%outfile%.gdb.zip" END

13. More Examples OUTPUTFORMAT NAME "geojson" DRIVER "OGR/GEOJSON" MIMETYPE "application/json; subtype=geojson" FORMATOPTION "STORAGE=stream" FORMATOPTION "FORM=SIMPLE" END OUTPUTFORMAT NAME "OGRGML" DRIVER "OGR/GML" FORMATOPTION "STORAGE=memory" FORMATOPTION "FORM=zip" FORMATOPTION "FILENAME=%outfile%.gml.zip" END

14. Even More Examples OUTPUTFORMAT NAME "MIDMIF" DRIVER "OGR/MapInfo File" FORMATOPTION "STORAGE=filesystem" FORMATOPTION "FORM=multipart" FORMATOPTION "DSCO:FORMAT=MIF" FORMATOPTION "FILENAME=result.mif" END OUTPUTFORMAT NAME "CSV" DRIVER "OGR/CSV" MIMETYPE "text/csv" FORMATOPTION "LCO:GEOMETRY=AS_WKT" FORMATOPTION "STORAGE=filesystem" FORMATOPTION "FORM=simple" FORMATOPTION "FILENAME=result.csv" END

15. Make Request via WFS http://server/cgi-bin/mapserv6?map=mymapfile.map &service=wfs&version=1.1.0&request=getFeature &typename=myLayer&outputformat= Shapefile

16. Make a request for projected data (requires WFS 1.1.0 or later) http://server/cgi-bin/mapserv6?map=mymapfile.map &service=wfs&version=1.1.0&request=getFeature &typename=myLayer &outputformat= FileGDB &srsname=EPSG:26915

17. Clip and Ship http://server/cgi-bin/mapserv6?map=mymapfile.map &service=wfs&version=1.1.0&request=getFeature &typename=myLayer &outputformat=Shapefile &Filter= <Filter> <BBOX> <PropertyName> <Name>NAME</Name> </PropertyName> <Box srsName='EPSG:4326'> <Coordinates>-95.844,40.253 -95.384,40.483</coordinates> </Box> </BBOX> </Filter>

18. Validation for Filename Substitution WEB .... METADATA ... END VALIDATION outfile &quot;.&quot; default_outfile &quot;result&quot; END END

19. Request with Filename http://server/cgi-bin/mapserv6?map=mymapfile.map &service=wfs&version=1.1.0&request=getFeature &typename=myLayer &outputformat= Shapefile &outfile=myshapefile

20. Other Clip and Ship Options GeoServer has roughly similar WFS output extensions Suggestions from audience?

21. Lessons Learned No temporary files (for some formats) Only method to limit download size is maxfeatures No method to limit extent of data download Every SRS supported for download needs to be enumerated

22. Conclusion Docs are available at OGR Output - http://mapserver.org/output/ogr_output.html WFS Server - http://mapserver.org/ogc/wfs_server.html Supported by MapGears www.mapgears.com US Army Corps of Engineers

23. CorpsMap Viewer OpenLayers / GeoExt / MapServer 6 / Oracle based Web Viewer

24. Exporting a data layer

25. Shapefile Export

26. Zipped Shapefile Generated http://maps.crrel.usace.army.mil:7778/cgi-bin/mapserv6?map=/htdocs/cm2_dev/cm2_test.map &service=wfs&version=1.1.0&request=getFeature&outputformat=Shapefile&outfile=NOAA_Streamgages &Filter=<Filter><BBOX><PropertyName><Name>NAME</Name></PropertyName> <Box srsName='EPSG:4326'><coordinates>-111.626587,36.998444 98.673706,40.992601</coordinates> </Box></BBOX></Filter>&SRSNAME=EPSG:4326&typename=ahpsobsl