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# Example of downloading all data from a GeoServer WFS server
# and loading it into a PostGIS database. Use with caution
# as you could put a lot of load on someone's server if they
# host a lot of data which might make them sad.
# In response to: http://underdark.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/wfs-to-postgis-in-3-steps/
BASEURL="http://data.wien.gv.at/daten/geoserver/ows?service=WFS&version=1.1.0"
for LAYERNAME in `wget -qO- $BASEURL"&request=GetCapabilities" | xpath -q -e "//FeatureType/Name/text()"` ; do
PARTS=(${LAYERNAME//:/ })