Geofabric OGC Web Services

This web service is for delivery of the Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (Geofabric) via the National Environmental Information Infrastructure (NEII).
Please do not use this service for business-critical purposes.

Subcribe hereThe Geofabric Web Services User Guide explains how to connect to the Geofabric using a number of popular GIS client software.

For further information or to provide feedback please contact ahgf@bom.gov.au

NEII Viewer Demonstrator

View Geofabric Web Map Services

Service Notes

  • 1,000,000 feature limit applies to all requests. If your query returns more than this, page the results using the GeoServer maxFeatures and startIndex vendor parameters
  • EPSG:4283; EPSG:4326; ESPG:900913 gridsets are cached in image/png format so please use these when requesting WMS images
  • Set the TILED=true parameter when making WMS GetMap requests to enable caching when using the above gridsets
  • Some WMS layers won't display until you've zoomed in
  • Aggressive timeouts (60 seconds) have been set on WMS services to ensure the service is performing. You are recommended to use a tiled WMS client to guard against timeout errors
  • Web services are only available as (Geoserver) simple features
Further guidance is provided in the Geofabric Web Services User Guide

 

Service Endpoints

All Geofabric Products

WMS http://geofabric.bom.gov.au/simplefeatures/ows?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities
WFS http://geofabric.bom.gov.au/simplefeatures/ows?service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities

Groundwater Cartography

WMS http://geofabric.bom.gov.au/simplefeatures/ahgf_gwc/ows?service=WMS&request=getcapabilities
WFS http://geofabric.bom.gov.au/simplefeatures/ahgf_gwc/ows?service=WFS&request=getcapabilities

Hydrology Reporting Catchments

WMS http://geofabric.bom.gov.au/simplefeatures/ahgf_hrc/ows?service=WMS&request=getcapabilities
WFS http://geofabric.bom.gov.au/simplefeatures/ahgf_hrc/ows?service=WFS&request=getcapabilities

Hydrology Reporting Regions

WMS http://geofabric.bom.gov.au/simplefeatures/ahgf_hrr/ows?service=WMS&request=getcapabilities
WFS http://geofabric.bom.gov.au/simplefeatures/ahgf_hrr/ows?service=WFS&request=getcapabilities

Surface Hydrology Cartography

WMS http://geofabric.bom.gov.au/simplefeatures/ahgf_shcarto/ows?service=WMS&request=getcapabilities
WFS http://geofabric.bom.gov.au/simplefeatures/ahgf_shcarto/ows?service=WFS&request=getcapabilities

Surface Hydrology Catchments

WMS http://geofabric.bom.gov.au/simplefeatures/ahgf_shcatch/ows?service=WMS&request=getcapabilities
WFS http://geofabric.bom.gov.au/simplefeatures/ahgf_shcatch/ows?service=WFS&request=getcapabilities

Surface Hydrology Network

WMS http://geofabric.bom.gov.au/simplefeatures/ahgf_shn/ows?service=WMS&request=getcapabilities
WFS http://geofabric.bom.gov.au/simplefeatures/ahgf_shn/ows?service=WFS&request=getcapabilities