Parameter
Obligation
Value
Meaning
  version Required
  

Requested version of the WFS specification, e.g. 1.0.

 
  request
 Required GetPlaceNameGeometry
GetCapabilities

Either lists the capabilities or does the search.
If the selection is GetCapabilities, then no other parameters are required.

 
 

placename

Conditional
Optional

 <free text>

Is optional if the bbox or key parameter is used.

 
  entitytypes
 Conditional
Optional		 See online document.
Default: ITY

 Specifies the type of geometry to search for (for example, a city or a river).
This is a comma-separated list.
  provterr Conditional
Optional		 See online document.Default: all

 Specifies the province or territory to search.
  key Conditional
Optional

   Searches the Canadian Geographic Names Database (CGNDB) Key; usage of this parameter voids all other parameters.
  geomtype Conditional
Optional		 Simple
Complex
Bbox

 Returns complex points.
Returns complex geometries (polygon, line) for supported features.
Returns the minimum bounding rectangle for supported features.
  wildcards Conditional
Optional

 < true or false >
Default: false		 If set to true, then place names are not required to be exact matches. Also, if set to true, then all entity types will be returned, unless specific entity types are requested.
  format Conditional
Optional

 Xml
Default: xml
 Only one output format is currently available.
  bbox Conditional
Optional		 <real number, real number, real number real number >
The order of the bbox values are:
West Bounding Longitude
North Bounding Latitude
East Bounding Longitude
South Bounding Latitude
The format of the coordinates are:
Longitude: < -180 to 180 >
Latitude: < -90 to 90 >		 Defines the bounding area in which to search for place names
.Is optional if the place name or key parameter is used.