Open Data Service(WMS/WFS) Change Notification

What's happening?

To improve our service performance and stability, DEECA's WMS and WFS Open Data Services have been migrated to the AWS Cloud. The existing service will be no longer accessible from 1/5/2023. As a consequence of this change, the URL to access these services will change.

We have also made some changes to our services to enhance our service delivery capabilities. Please refer to the FAQ for more detailed information about the change.

How to migrate to the new service?

Instead of the old URLs, please use the below URLs to access the new services:

Which WFS version shall I use?

We have identified that the fields named "name" gets omitted in XML response. Please use version 1.0.0 for WFS service to ensure all fields are included from the source data. In ArcGIS Pro/ArcMap and QGIS, you can select the version from the dropdown list when connecting to service. In a direct web request, please add &VERSION=1.0.0 in the URL, see below as an example:

https://opendata.maps.vic.gov.au/geoserver/ows?SERVICE=WFS&VERSION=1.0.0&REQUEST=GetFeature&typeNames=ad_lga_area_polygon&maxFeatures=5

How to get Help?

Please send all queries to our support desk at gis.helpdesk@delwp.vic.gov.au, include "Migrating to the new DELWP Open Data Service [organisation name]" as the title of your email request.