:Author: OSGeo-Live
:Reviewer: Cameron Shorter, LISAsoft
:Version: osgeo-live6.0
:License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

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TinyOWS
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Web Feature Service
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TinyOWS is a high performance, Transactional Web Feature Service (WFS-T) which is light weight and easy to deploy, using a CGI or FastCGI interface and using :doc:`PostGIS <postgis_overview>` for data storage.

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TinyOWS is commonly used in conjunction with :doc:`MapServer <mapserver_overview>` to provide WFS-T and fast WFS services for :doc:`QGIS <qgis_overview>` and/or :doc:`OpenLayers <openlayers_overview>` clients. It is used in production in organisations around the world, including risk adverse government agencies.
TinyOWS strictly implements the WFS 1.0 and 1.1 standards, and has passed all OGC CITE units tests (~ 1000 unit tests).

Core Features
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* Transactional Web Feature Service (WFS-T)
* CGI and FastCGI interface
* PostGIS data connection
* GML 2.1.2, 3.1.1 and GeoJson 1.0 output
* Configured using MapServer's configuration file, allowing a single configuration file for both applications.

Implemented Standards
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* WFS 1.0 and WFS 1.1: Basic and Transactionnal profiles
* FE 1.0.0 and FE 1.1.0
* GML 2.1.2 and 3.1.1 Simple Profile (SF-0)

Details
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**Website:** http://mapserver.org/tinyows/

**Licence:** MIT

**Software Version:** 1.1.0

**Supported Platforms:** Linux, Unix, Mac, Windows

**API Interfaces:** CGI/FastCGI

**Support:** http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users


Quickstart
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* :doc:`Quickstart documentation <../quickstart/tinyows_quickstart>`