.. _ogcapi-coverages:

OGC API - Coverages
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A `OGC API - Coverages <https://github.com/opengeospatial/ogcapi-coverages>`_ based on an earlier specification draft, delivering partial functionality:

- Collection listing
- Download in the same formats supported by WCS
- Spatial and temporal subsetting
- Mosaic index filtering (GeoServer extension)
- Domain set description in JSON

Missing functionality at the time of writing, and known issues:

- Full coverage JSON  support
- Scaling
- CRS transformation

OGC API - Coverages Implementation status
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   * - `OGC API - Coverages <https://github.com/opengeospatial/ogcapi-coverages>`__
     - Version
     - Implementation status
   * - Part 1: Core
     - `Draft <https://docs.ogc.org/DRAFTS/19-087.html>`__
     - Implementation based on early specification draft, not yet updated to final version

Installing the GeoServer OGC API - Coverages module
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#. Download the OGC API nightly GeoServer community module from :download_community:`ogcapi-coverages`.
   
   .. warning:: Verify that the version number in the filename corresponds to the version of GeoServer you are running (for example geoserver-|release|-ogcapi-coverages-plugin.zip above).

#. Extract the contents of the archive into the ``WEB-INF/lib`` directory of the GeoServer installation.

#. On restart the services are listed at http://localhost:8080/geoserver

Configuration of OGC API - Covearges module
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The module is based on the GeoServer WCS one, follows the same configuration and exposes
the same coverages.