Documentation
Waystones Cloud publishes your geodata as standards-compliant APIs — OGC API – Features, WMS, vector tiles and STAC — that open in QGIS, ArcGIS and on the web. No servers to run.
How the docs are organised
| If you want to… | Read |
|---|---|
| Publish your first API, from your own data or the sample | Getting started |
| Understand projects, services, snapshots and slugs | Core concepts |
| Prepare and upload a GeoPackage | Upload a GeoPackage |
| Add a license, contact and layer titles | Service details |
| Open your API in QGIS, ArcGIS Pro, Leaflet or MapLibre | Use your API |
| Publish without leaving QGIS or your terminal | QGIS plugin, CLI |
| Move layers over from GeoServer | Coming from GeoServer |
| Look up endpoints, query parameters and API keys | API reference |
| Fix something that went wrong | Troubleshooting |
| Design a richer data model, or self-host | Waystones designer |
Waystones Cloud
Publish geodata as hosted OGC APIs, WMS, vector tiles and STAC.
Getting started
Guides
Upload a GeoPackage
Publish a GeoPackage as OGC API Features, WMS and vector tiles — what gets detected and what makes a good file.
Service details and metadata
Set the title, description, license, contact and layer titles shown on your OGC API landing page.
Use your API
Connect a Waystones Cloud OGC API or WMS to QGIS, ArcGIS Pro, Leaflet and MapLibre, and query it over HTTP.
Coming from GeoServer
How GeoServer workspaces, stores, layers, WFS, WMS, styles and security map to Waystones Cloud — and what Waystones doesn't do.
Troubleshooting
Fixes for common problems with uploads, deployments, private services and plan limits in Waystones Cloud.
Tools
Waystones Designer
The free, open-source data-model designer at waystones.app.