Luciad Web Services is an OGC mapping service that directly accesses geographical raster and vector data without data transformation
OGC Compliant
Support for a series of open standard protocols defined by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). The Luciad Web Services Suite offers a Web Map Server (WMS 1.1 and 1.3), a transactional Web Feature Server (WFS 1.0 and 1.1), and a Web Coverage Server (WCS 1.0).
Multiple data formats and database support
Direct access to data stored in multiple formats and data servers
Multiple client types, from thin to rich
Support for a wide range of client types
Advanced rendering and labeling
Scalable symbols, transparent strokes and fill patterns to generate high quality thematic maps from vector data
Extensible via LuciadMap
LuciadMap Application Programming Interface (API) enables developers to customize and extend the services of the Luciad Web Services Suite, and to integrate these services in any LuciadMap application
Out-of-the-box installation and user-friendly configuration
Multi-platform
The Luciad Web Services Suite runs on all standard Web environments and application servers that support the JEE servlet container specification
Unlimited scalability
The Luciad Web Services Suite is designed to serve hundreds of simultaneous client connections efficiently on a single server