QGIS ArcGIS REST API Connector Plugin

• A project by Geometa Lab HSR (and Esri R&D Center Washington DC?)
• Project Lead: Stefan Keller
• Authors/Developers: Tobias Schmitz and Rafael Krucker
• Project start: 24. march 2013 (first release/version: April 2014).

A QGIS Plugin (Python) for reading ArcGIS' "GeoServices REST API".

• Can be used to access ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Server, and the "Esri Open Data Initiative Portal Software".

Functions (similar to WFS) "Add ArcGIS REST Layer...":

• connect/new/edit/delete connection
• load/save connections
• filter layer list
• select layer (then download)

Notes:

• What about managing and storing credentials?
• Download strategy? What about caching?
• See connecting Excel to find/download/edit/upload to GeoCommons [1] and the same for ArcGIS Desktop [2].