OGC Web Coverage Service Tutorial

This tutorial gives an introduction to the standard data-access protocols Web Coverage Service (WCS) 2.0 and its extension Web Coverage Processing Service (WCPS) 1.0. Both standards are defined by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).

The tutorial provides (i) a general introduction to web standards for geospatial data and (ii) practical hands-on exercises how to access, retrieve and process data served with a WCS server.

After working through the tutorial, you should have a clearer idea of

• OGC standards for geospatial data in general,
• the purpose and importance of the WCS and WCPS standards,
• how data can be accessed, processed and retrieved with the help of a WC(P)S, and
• how WC(P)S requests can easily be integrated into processing routines or used to build custom web-applications.