dovwms

Simple client for DOV WMS services.

Lightweight Python client to fetch soil texture and elevation data from Belgian WMS services (DOV and Geopunt). The package provides convenience clients for the two services and a small helper to fetch a soil profile at a point location.

• Repository: https://github.com/zawadzkim/dovwms/
• Docs: https://zawadzkim.github.io/dovwms/

Features

• Fetch clay/silt/sand fractions for standard depth layers from DOV WMS
• Fetch elevation from Geopunt WMS
• Small, testable API with helpers for convenience and easy mocking

Installation

Requires Python 3.11+. Install from PyPI (when released):

pip install dovwms

For development from source (recommended):

git clone git@github.com:zawadzkim/dovwms.git
cd dovwms
make install   # installs dev dependencies (uses poetry or pip in Makefile)

You can also install the package in editable mode:

python -m pip install -e .

Quickstart

Simple usage with the convenience function:

from dovwms import get_profile_from_dov

# Coordinates in the default CRS (EPSG:31370 / Lambert72)
profile = get_profile_from_dov(247172.56, 204590.58, fetch_elevation=True)

if profile is None:
    print("Could not fetch profile")
else:
    # profile is a dict with keys 'layers' (list) and optional 'elevation'
    print("Elevation:", profile.get('elevation'))
    for layer in profile['layers']:
        print(layer['name'], layer['sand_content'], layer['silt_content'], layer['clay_content'])

Using the low-level clients:

from dovwms import DOVClient, GeopuntClient
from shapely.geometry import Point

client = DOVClient()
pt = Point(247172.56, 204590.58)

# Fetch texture layers
profile = client.fetch_profile(pt, fetch_elevation=False)

# Fetch elevation directly
g = GeopuntClient()
elev = g.fetch_elevation(pt)

Notes

• fetch_profile returns a dict with a layers key (list of layer dicts).
• Use the module-level loggers to enable/inspect runtime information; the library does not configure logging handlers by default.

Testing

Run the test suite with pytest (excl. integration tests). Development dependencies include pytest.

make test

Integration tests that require network access are marked integration and can be executed explicitly:

pytest -q -m integration

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please open issues or pull requests. Follow the project's code style and run tests before submitting changes.

License

MIT

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Repository scaffolded from fpgmaas/cookiecutter-poetry.

Hopefully this is useful. Hopefully this package will expand, perhaps also include some more Geoupunt endpoints.