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Don't try to open the WFS vector data with GDAL, use OGR instead (OGR WFS driver). GDAL supports raster data, OGR supports vector. Here's a link to the OGR API tutorial.

Note this answer was correct when it was written in 2013. GDAL versions < 2.0 have separate raster (gdal) and vector (ogr) libraries. Now as of GDAL 2x, the raster and vector drivers are integrated into the gdal library and you use GDALOpenEx to open datasets. The ogr library/namespace is still available for backwards compatibility. Note that GDAL 1.11 is still available and maintained so you need to know what version you are using.

GDAL 1.x

GDAL versions < 2.0 have separate raster (gdal) and vector (ogr) libraries. Don't try to open the WFS vector data with GDAL, use OGR instead. GDAL supports raster data, OGR supports vector.

GDAL 2+

The raster and vector drivers are integrated into the gdal library and you use GDALOpenEx to open both raster and vector datasets. The ogr library/namespace is still available for backwards compatibility.

Here's a link to the WFS Driver documentation and the OGR API tutorial.

Don't try to open the WFS vector data with GDAL, use OGR instead (OGR WFS driver). GDAL supports raster data, OGR supports vector. Here's a link to the OGR API tutorial.

Note this answer was correct in 2013. GDAL versions < 2.0 have separate raster (gdal) and vector (ogr) libraries. Now as of GDAL 2x, the raster and vector drivers are integrated into the gdal library and you use GDALOpenEx to open datasets. The ogr library/namespace is still available for backwards compatibility.

Don't try to open the WFS vector data with GDAL, use OGR instead (OGR WFS driver). GDAL supports raster data, OGR supports vector. Here's a link to the OGR API tutorial.

Note this answer was correct when it was written in 2013. GDAL versions < 2.0 have separate raster (gdal) and vector (ogr) libraries. Now as of GDAL 2x, the raster and vector drivers are integrated into the gdal library and you use GDALOpenEx to open datasets. The ogr library/namespace is still available for backwards compatibility. Note that GDAL 1.11 is still available and maintained so you need to know what version you are using.

Don't try to open the WFS vector data with GDAL, use OGR instead (OGR WFS driver). GDAL supports raster data, OGR supports vector. Here's a link to the OGR API tutorial.

Don't try to open the WFS vector data with GDAL, use OGR instead (OGR WFS driver). GDAL supports raster data, OGR supports vector. Here's a link to the OGR API tutorial.

Note this answer was correct in 2013. GDAL versions < 2.0 have separate raster (gdal) and vector (ogr) libraries. Now as of GDAL 2x, the raster and vector drivers are integrated into the gdal library and you use GDALOpenEx to open datasets. The ogr library/namespace is still available for backwards compatibility.