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WCS

Nexus WCS service returns raw data for rasters in a users' world.

GET wcs/?coverageid={coverageid}&token={web_api_token}

Parameters

Parameter Mandatory Meaning
coverageid Yes Name of requested feature type, in format {world}:rasterbase
request No Type of request: getcoverage, getcapabilities (default: getcapabilities)
format No Image format, for example geotiff
subset No Dataset slice

Info

Nexus uses WCS service version 2.0.1 by default

Basic request

To request an entire raster, without further slicing:

curl "https://nexus.stellaspark.com/api/v1/wcs/?request=getcoverage&format=geotiff&coverageid=sandbox:rasterbase&token={web_api_token}"

Slicing

The subset parameter allows for detailed selection of the raster of interest:

curl "https://nexus.stellaspark.com/api/v1/wcs/?request=getcoverage&format=geotiff&coverageid=sandbox:rasterbase&subset=dc_id(56)&subset=parameter(\"soilm_root_mm\")&subset=time(\"2021-08-06T00:00:00.000Z\")&subset=X(180000,180900)&subset=Y(440000,440220)&token={web_api_token}"