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WCS output formats

WCS output formats are configured coverage by coverage. The current list of output formats follows:

Images:

  • JPEG - (format=jpeg)
  • GIF - (format=gif)
  • PNG - (format=png)
  • Tiff - (format=tif)
  • BMP - (format=bmp)

Georeferenced formats:

  • GeoTiff - (format=geotiff)
  • GML Coverage - (format=application/gml+xml)

The GML Coverage format is described by the OGC Coverage Implementation Schema, its components are also used to describe coverage metadata in WCS 2.0 DescribeCoverage responses.