ows4R

R client for OGC Web-Services

ows4R is a new project that aims to set-up a pure R interface to OGC Web-Services. In a first time (ongoing work), ows4R will target:

• the Common OGC Web-Services specifications, versions 1.1 and 2.0
• the Catalogue Service for the Web (CSW), version 2.0.2 (including Transaction and Harvest operations)
• the Web Feature Service (WFS), versions 1.0.0, 1.1.0, and 2.0.0
• the Web Map Service (WMS), versions 1.1.0, 1.1.1, and 1.3.0

Citation

We thank in advance people that use ows4R for citing it in their work / publication(s). For this, please use the citation provided at this link

OGC standards coverage status

Standard	Description	Supported versions	Unsupported versions	Supported R bindings	Support
OGC Filter	Filter Encoding	1.1.0	2.0		ongoing
OGC Common	Web Service Common	1.1,2.0			ongoing
OGC CSW	Catalogue Service	2.0.2	3.0.0	geometa (ISO 19115 / 19119 / 19110 / 19139 XML)	ongoing / seeking sponsors
OGC WFS	Web Feature Service	1.0.0,1.1.0,2.0.0		sf (OGC Simple Feature)	ongoing
OGC WMS	Web Map Service	1.1.0,1.1.1,1.3.0		sf (OGC Simple Feature - for GetFeatureInfo operation)	ongoing
OGC WCS	Web Coverage Service		1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 2.0.1	raster	under development (sponsoring/funding required)
OGC WPS	Web Processing Service	1.0.0	2.0		under development (contribs welcome)

In case of a missing feature, create a ticket.

Development perspectives

Support for additional OGC web-service standard specifications including

• Web Processing Service (WPS)
• Web Coverage Service (WCS)
• Web Coverage Processing Service (WCPS)
• Filter Encoding (FES) version 2.0
• Web Feature Service (WFS) Transaction operations
• Catalogue Service (CSW) version 3.0 (including Transaction and Harvest operations)
• OGC API
• ...

For more information, or if you are interested in funding this R project or to contribute to it, do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail