Connecting to a Web Feature Service (WFS)

Make sure that the service you want to connect to is available and that you have the correct URL.

To connect to a web feature service (WFS)

1. Click FileNewData Connection.
2. In the Create Spatial Data Source dialog box, select OSGeo FDO Provider for WFS and click OK.

   The Connection Editor is displayed to the right of the Site Explorer.

3. Enter the URL to connect to.

   If you are connecting to feature sources that have been published to Infrastructure Map Server, the connection string looks like this:

4. http://servername/mapserver/mapagent/mapagent.fcgi?

5. If the server requires a password, do one of the following:
   • If the service is set up to recognize them, select Use Map Server Credentials.
   • If the service requires them, select Use The Following Credentials and enter the user ID and password.
6. Click Test Connection.

   You should see a Successful Connection message.

   
7. Click Refresh to reconnect to the server and display the feature source information in the WFS editor.
8. Click Edit Coordinate System to overrride the original feature source coordinate system.
9. On the Autodesk Infrastructure Studio toolbar, click Save to store this connection resource in the repository.

Note:

To revert to the original state of a particular element, select it, and then click Restore.