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OGC API Records

Client access

QGIS

QGIS supports OGC API - Records via the MetaSearch plugin. MetaSearch originally focused on Catalogue Service for the Web (OGC:CSW) only, but has been extended to OGC API - Records. MetaSearch is a default plugin in QGIS and requires no further installation.

Query OGC API - Records from QGIS

Follow these steps to connect to a service and query datasets:

  • Locate the MetaSearch plugin in the Web menu or on the Toolbar MetaSearch icon. The main search panel will appear with the default MetaSearch catalogue list already populated.

Pre-populated catalogues

  • open the Services tab, to find the New button to create a new connection
  • add a connection to https://demo.pygeoapi.io/master
  • click Service Info to get information about the service
  • return to the Search tab
  • select the connection you have just created
  • type a search term and click search
  • notice that when you select a search result, a red footprint is drawn on the map highlighting the location of the dataset

Search results