GBIF Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Services (beta)

Welcome to the beta GBIF OGC services.

These services are hosted on a development server and thus are not considered stable or for production use.

Comments are welome to Tim Robertson

All data

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The OGC filter required for all things:

<Filter>
  <And>
    <PropertyIsEqualTo>
      <PropertyName>type</PropertyName>
      <Literal>0</Literal>
    </PropertyIsEqualTo>
    <PropertyIsEqualTo>
      <PropertyName>concept</PropertyName>
      <Literal>0</Literal>
    </PropertyIsEqualTo>
  </And>
</Filter>

Taxon: Gadus morhua (Atlantic cod)

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The OGC filter required for a taxon (regardless of rank):

<Filter>
  <And>
    <PropertyIsEqualTo>
      <PropertyName>type</PropertyName>
      <Literal>1</Literal>
    </PropertyIsEqualTo>
    <PropertyIsEqualTo>
      <PropertyName>concept</PropertyName>
      <Literal>13534258</Literal>
    </PropertyIsEqualTo>
  </And>
</Filter>

Country: (Australia)

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The OGC filter required for country data:

<Filter>
  <And>
    <PropertyIsEqualTo>
      <PropertyName>type</PropertyName>
      <Literal>2</Literal>
    </PropertyIsEqualTo>
    <PropertyIsEqualTo>
      <PropertyName>concept</PropertyName>
      <Literal>AU</Literal>
    </PropertyIsEqualTo>
  </And>
</Filter>

Provider: Bioversity International

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The OGC filter required for provider data:

<Filter>
  <And>
    <PropertyIsEqualTo>
      <PropertyName>type</PropertyName>
      <Literal>3</Literal>
    </PropertyIsEqualTo>
    <PropertyIsEqualTo>
      <PropertyName>concept</PropertyName>
      <Literal>92</Literal>
    </PropertyIsEqualTo>
  </And>
</Filter>

Resource: Actions for Continuous Plankton Recorder database

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The OGC filter required for resource data:

<Filter>
  <And>
    <PropertyIsEqualTo>
      <PropertyName>type</PropertyName>
      <Literal>4</Literal>
    </PropertyIsEqualTo>
    <PropertyIsEqualTo>
      <PropertyName>concept</PropertyName>
      <Literal>328</Literal>
    </PropertyIsEqualTo>
  </And>
</Filter>

Resource network: Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)

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The OGC filter required for resource network data:

<Filter>
  <And>
    <PropertyIsEqualTo>
      <PropertyName>type</PropertyName>
      <Literal>5</Literal>
    </PropertyIsEqualTo>
    <PropertyIsEqualTo>
      <PropertyName>concept</PropertyName>
      <Literal>3</Literal>
    </PropertyIsEqualTo>
  </And>
</Filter>

Host country: Belgium

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The OGC filter required for host country data:

<Filter>
  <And>
    <PropertyIsEqualTo>
      <PropertyName>type</PropertyName>
      <Literal>6</Literal>
    </PropertyIsEqualTo>
    <PropertyIsEqualTo>
      <PropertyName>concept</PropertyName>
      <Literal>BE</Literal>
    </PropertyIsEqualTo>
  </And>
</Filter>

About the GML

The GIS server capabilities can be found here

Please note that only "PropertyIsEqualTo" is supported

The following overview of the feature types may be used for quick reference:

  • Type (can be one of)
    • 0: All things (supply 0 in the concept)
    • 1: Taxon (supply a taxon id in the concept)
    • 2: Country (supply a 2 letter ISO country code in the concept)
    • 3: Provider (supply a provider id in the concept)
    • 4: Resource (supply a resource id in the concept)
    • 5: Resource Network (supply a resource network id in the concept)
    • 6: Host country (supply a 2 letter ISO country code in the concept)
  • Concept - for the type above. This is an ID or a 2 letter ISO country code

Example filter for class of Aves (13140955):

<Filter>
  <And>
    <PropertyIsEqualTo>
      <PropertyName>type</PropertyName>
      <Literal>1</Literal>
    </PropertyIsEqualTo>
    <PropertyIsEqualTo>
      <PropertyName>concept</PropertyName>
      <Literal>13140955</Literal>
    </PropertyIsEqualTo>
  </And>
</Filter>