QGIS

The Datamesh provides a OGC compliant Features API which can be connected to QGIS.

NOTE: Minimum QGIS version to support Datamesh integration is 3.24 or later.

Connecting to the Datamesh Features API

1. From the QGIS Browser window create a new WFS / OGC API - Features connection:

1. In the connection dialog, enter the API endpoint as https://datamesh.oceanum.io/features/. Select OGC API - Features for the WFS version.

1. If you have not already set up an Authentication Configuration for Datamesh, click on the plus symbol to add a new one. Select API Header as the method and enter the Header Key and Value as shown below.

NOTE: The API Header value is your Datamesh token.

1. When you go back to the browser window, you should now see a list of available feature type datasources on the Datamesh. You can add these as vector layers to your QGIS projects.

Using the QGIS plugin

1. Install the Datamesh QGIS plugin from the QGIS plugin repository. You may need to install the oceanum python library as well - you will see this prompted in the plugin menu item in the browser window. Right click on the Oceanum Datamesh connector and set your Datamesh token:

2. From the QGIS browser window create a new Datamesh connection.

3. In the connection dialog, search for the datasource you want

4. You can refine the query for specific variables, spatial extents and time limits. Stage the request to check it is compatible. Click Save to add the enw connection.

5. Add the new connection as a layer to the map. If the datasource has multiple times it will be added as a group.

6. You can now interact with the datasource raster layers with the stanadrd QGIS tools. To visualise a multi time datasource, using the Time control is a good option.