# DataBC Public OGC Web Services (WMS/WFS)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/british-columbia-data-catalogue/databc-public-ogc-services/  
**Provider:** British Columbia Data Catalogue — https://apis.io/providers/british-columbia-data-catalogue/  
**Base URL:** https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/geo/pub/ows  
**Documentation:** https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/geographic-data-services/web-based-mapping/map-services

DataBC Public OGC Web Services (WMS/WFS) is one of 8 APIs that [British Columbia Data Catalogue](https://apis.io/providers/british-columbia-data-catalogue/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Geospatial, OGC, WMS, WFS, and Open Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

DataBC's public OGC endpoint serves the spatial half of the BC Data Catalogue: 895 queryable WMS 1.3.0 layers and 896 WFS 2.0.0 feature types drawn from the BC Geographic Warehouse. 884 catalogue datasets carry a resource pointing at this host, and a resource's object_name (for example WHSE_LAND_AND_NATURAL_RESOURCE.PROT_CURRENT_FIRE_POLYS_SP) is the layer name here, so it is the join between catalogue metadata and live geometry. GetMap and GetFeature return PNG, GeoJSON, TopoJSON, UTFGrid, KML, PDF or Atom. No key and no account. The contract is the GetCapabilities document itself, saved verbatim in this repo; the service names DataBC as its ows:ServiceProvider (datamaps@gov.bc.ca).

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **GetCapabilities** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/british-columbia-data-catalogue/refs/heads/main/openapi/british-columbia-data-catalogue-databc-pub-wms-capabilities.xml
- **GetCapabilities** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/british-columbia-data-catalogue/refs/heads/main/openapi/british-columbia-data-catalogue-databc-pub-wfs-capabilities.xml
- **WMS** — https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/geo/pub/ows?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.3.0
- **WFS** — https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/geo/pub/ows?service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities&version=2.0.0
- **Documentation** — https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/geographic-data-services/web-based-mapping/map-services

## Other British Columbia Data Catalogue APIs (7)

- [BC Data Catalogue CKAN API](https://apis.io/apis/british-columbia-data-catalogue/ckan-api/)
- [British Columbia Data Catalogue Datasets API](https://apis.io/apis/british-columbia-data-catalogue/british-columbia-data-catalogue-datasets-api/)
- [British Columbia Data Catalogue Groups API](https://apis.io/apis/british-columbia-data-catalogue/british-columbia-data-catalogue-groups-api/)
- [British Columbia Data Catalogue Organizations API](https://apis.io/apis/british-columbia-data-catalogue/british-columbia-data-catalogue-organizations-api/)
- [British Columbia Data Catalogue Resources API](https://apis.io/apis/british-columbia-data-catalogue/british-columbia-data-catalogue-resources-api/)
- [British Columbia Data Catalogue Site API](https://apis.io/apis/british-columbia-data-catalogue/british-columbia-data-catalogue-site-api/)
- [British Columbia Data Catalogue Tags API](https://apis.io/apis/british-columbia-data-catalogue/british-columbia-data-catalogue-tags-api/)

## Tags

Geospatial, OGC, WMS, WFS, Open Data

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