TinyOWS

Web Feature Service

TinyOWS is a high performance, Transactional Web Feature Service (WFS-T) which is light weight and easy to deploy, using a CGI or FastCGI interface and using PostGIS for data storage.

TinyOWS is commonly used in conjunction with MapServer to provide WFS-T and fast WFS services for QGIS and/or OpenLayers clients. It is used in production in organisations around the world, including risk adverse government agencies. TinyOWS strictly implements the WFS 1.0 and 1.1 standards, and has passed all OGC CITE units tests (~ 1000 unit tests).

Core Features

• Transactional Web Feature Service (WFS-T)
• CGI and FastCGI interface
• PostGIS data connection
• GML 2.1.2, 3.1.1 and GeoJson 1.0 output
• Configured using MapServer’s configuration file, allowing a single configuration file for both applications.

Implemented Standards

• WFS 1.0 and WFS 1.1: Basic and Transitional profiles
• FE 1.0.0 and FE 1.1.0
• GML 2.1.2 and 3.1.1 Simple Profile (SF-0)

Details

Website: http://www.tinyows.org/

Licence: MIT

Software Version: 1.0

Supported Platforms: Linux, Unix, Mac, Windows

API Interfaces: CGI/FastCGI

Support: http://lists.maptools.org/pipermail/tinyows-users/

Quickstart

• Quickstart documentation