aid: geocat
name: GeoCat bv
type: Index
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-08-20'
modified: '2026-08-20'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/geocat/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
description: GeoCat bv is a Dutch company built around the open-source geospatial stack, and is the primary maintainer
  of GeoNetwork, the catalogue software that runs a large share of Europe's INSPIRE metadata infrastructure. It
  sells GeoCat Bridge, GeoCat Live and hosted catalogue services, and runs a public demonstration estate serving
  both classic OGC web services and a modern OGC API - Features endpoint.
x-ogc-member:
  level: Explorer
  member_type: Commercial
  country: Netherlands
  source: https://portal.ogc.org/services/srv_active_members_csv_new.php
tags:
- Geospatial
- OGC
- WMS
- WFS
- Open Access
- GIS
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://maps.geocat.net/
apis:
- aid: geocat:ogc-web-services
  name: GeoCat bv OGC Web Services (WMS / WFS)
  description: 'OGC-standard web services served from a GeoServer instance. Verified anonymously on 2026-08-20:
    a WMS 1.3.0 GetCapabilities document declaring 48 layers and a WFS 2.0.0 GetCapabilities document declaring
    39 feature types returned HTTP 200 and is saved here verbatim. These GetCapabilities documents are the machine-readable
    contract for this surface — there is no OpenAPI for the classic OGC services.'
  humanURL: https://maps.geocat.net/
  baseURL: https://maps.geocat.net/geoserver/ows
  tags:
  - Geospatial
  - OGC
  - WMS
  - WFS
  - Open Access
  properties:
  - type: GetCapabilities
    url: openapi/geocat-wms-capabilities.xml
  - type: WMS
    url: https://maps.geocat.net/geoserver/ows?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&version=1.3.0
  - type: GetCapabilities
    url: openapi/geocat-wfs-capabilities.xml
  - type: WFS
    url: https://maps.geocat.net/geoserver/ows?service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities&version=2.0.0
- aid: geocat:ogc-api-features
  name: GeoCat bv OGC API - Features
  description: 'A modern OGC API - Features endpoint alongside the classic OGC web services. Verified anonymously
    on 2026-08-20: /collections?f=json returned HTTP 200 with 39 collections. OGC API - Features is the OpenAPI-described
    successor to WFS.'
  humanURL: https://maps.geocat.net/geoserver/ogc/features/v1
  baseURL: https://maps.geocat.net/geoserver/ogc/features/v1
  tags:
  - Geospatial
  - OGC
  - OGC API
  - OGC API Features
  - GeoJSON
  - Open Access
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://maps.geocat.net/geoserver/ogc/features/v1
  - type: Collections
    url: https://maps.geocat.net/geoserver/ogc/features/v1/collections?f=json