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A quick look at the WFS GDAL Driver

Posted: March 23, 2011
Categories: Python, WFS, GIS, GDAL, OGR
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If you have ever tried to interact with a WFS (via a browser, or curl, or OpenLayers or whatever), you are fully aware that it has alway been a pain to interact with, and until now the only Python library that made life simpler was the excellent OWSlib by Sean Gillies (that, BTW, will deserve itself another post at this blog in the next weeks).But since some weeks, from the release of the GDAL version 1.8.0, a new toolset is available to GIS users and developers via the new included GDAL WFS Driver (that will now make good company to...
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