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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you all!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">My main issue turned out to be the differences in Mapserver from version 6 to version 8, with the added coding from Dan helping me get the DEM loading and identifiable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The most important issues I found with the DEM were the TOLERANCE 0, the COMPOSITE setting with OPACITY 0 and TEMPLATE ‘dummy’. The COMPOSITE setting greatly enhanced the rendering speed of the WMS service,
due to being transparent, but left me with the underlying information that I needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">My map file setting ended up looking like this for the DEM layer:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> LAYER # DEM_20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> NAME 'be_dem_20'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> STATUS ON<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> TYPE RASTER<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> DATA 'data/dem/2020/ChippewaCo_DEM.tif'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> TEMPLATE 'dummy'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> TOLERANCEUNITS feet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> TOLERANCE 0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> COMPOSITE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> OPACITY 0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> END # COMPOSITE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> PROJECTION<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> 'init=epsg:7595'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> END<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> METADATA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> 'ows_title' 'be_dem_20'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> 'ows_include_items' 'all'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> 'wms_include_items' 'all'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> 'gml_include_items' 'all'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> END # DEM_20 <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">With this layer being one that we always want on, with the information always reporting with each identify, I chose to keep it out of the Catalog and status=”on” in the mapbook.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I added the |fix>1 config to <div class="item"><label>Elevation:</label>{{ properties.value_0|fix>1 }}</div> in order to keep my elevation reporting down to one decimal point. Otherwise it was over 10 digits
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tanya, I will look into your method as well. Thank you for the additional suggestion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dennis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I was messing around with this a bit and just got an imagery layer working with identify using type="wms", (setting the parameters in the mapbook.xml using a URL pointing to a wms layer that's
set up in a mapfile) so I can confirm that it's possible. I was initially connecting to a wms layer from a different server, though I just switched it to a layer on the same server and that worked too (still not doing it quite like Tanya as I'm still connecting
in the mapbook via a URL to the wms).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I did have to adjust some of my site/mapfile settings to get everything to work properly though<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">I needed to add TOLERANCE 0 or else I would get a lot more results than desired (the latter two points you already have, but I wanted to mention why they're there for anyone else)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">For Tanya's comment about potentially not needing a layer in the catalog - I have a few layers that are just on in the background without any catalog entry, just by setting up the map-source with
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> GeoMoose-users <<a href="mailto:geomoose-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">geomoose-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>>
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<b>To:</b> Dan Little <<a href="mailto:theduckylittle@gmail.com">theduckylittle@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [GeoMoose-users] Click value on Raster Layer</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hi Dennis,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I've done exactly what you describe in GM3. Slightly different than Duck's method because like you I serve the DEM from MapServer and in GM3 you can still use MapServer directly as a source.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The steps are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- create a mapfile for the DEM source, and list it as a map source in the Mapbook<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- the mapfile is configured for WMS GetInfo, STATUS is ON, and (optional) there is no STYLE defined<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- the Mapbook map source should have an identify template so that any results are visible to the user
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- user will get a result from the DEM whenever they click within the bounds of the DEM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Here is the basic Mapbook map source if it's helpful:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><map-source name=" bare_earth " type="mapserver" tiled="false"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I like having no style defined for the web service so that the DEM itself is not visible, and the elevation result is a "bonus" result that returns along with whatever results are relevant
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I haven't tried the type="wms" method of access for the DEM, but can set up a test if needed. I think with status="on" in the map source you might not need the layer to be listed in the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tanya<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 9:13 AM Dan Little via GeoMoose-users <<a href="mailto:geomoose-users@lists.osgeo.org">geomoose-users@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hi Dennis!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sorry for the slow response here. In the history of GM3, I could not find any other queries about raster investigation! A total valid use case, especially for identify!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">GeoMoose3 works differently with WMS/WFS being the primary way it tries to process results. GeoMoose 2 allowed raw HTML insertion from MapServer and that workflow was getting increasingly
frowned upon for security reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Is there any chance there is a public endpoint for this right now? It looks like the basic process should be:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- Configure the DEM as WMS (looks like that's done)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- Defined the <map-source type="wms"> in the mapbook with a <layer> with a <template> for identify<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- (This may be the controversial part) You'll need a <catalog> <layer /> </catalog> entry that lets the layer be on. This might be avoided with some tricks but
I haven't dug all the way in yet. If anything this might be a necessary debugging step to ensure the WMS is reprojecting properly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All together this would look something like this:<br>
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<map-source name="dem" type="wms"><br>
<url><a href="http://somewhere.over/the/rainbow/wms" target="_blank">http://somewhere.over/the/rainbow/wms</a>?</url><br>
<layer name="DEM" status="on"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <template name="identify"><![CDATA[<br>
<div class="identify-result"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <div class="item"><label>Elevation:</label>{{ properties.item name=value_0|fix>1 }}</div></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </div><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> ]]></template><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </layer><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <param name="FORMAT" value="image/png"/><br>
<param name="TRANSPARENT" value="TRUE"/><br>
<param name="cross-origin" value="anonymous"/><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><catalog><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <layer src="dem/dem" title="DEM" /><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></catalog><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I am working on a new GM3 site and would like to replicate, if possible, something available on our current GM2.6 site.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The GeoMoose sites are located on an AWS EC2 server. With our GM2.6 site, any location that was clicked with the identify tool returned an elevation value based on our most current DEM. The DEM was listed
in the map source portion of the conf file, but not in the catalog in GM2.6.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Is it possible to capture elevations off of a DEM with GM3? My map file configuration and identify html verbiage are just below.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Any help would be appreciated! Thank you</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">LAYER # DEM_20</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> NAME 'be_dem_20'</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> STATUS ON</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> TYPE RASTER</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> DATA 'data/dem/2020/ChippewaCo_DEM.tif'</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> CLASSITEM "[pixel]"</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> OFFSITE 0 0 0</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> MAXSCALEDENOM 25</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> PROJECTION</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> 'init=epsg:7595'</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> END</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> METADATA</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> 'ows_title' 'be_dem_20'</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> 'ows_include_items' 'all'</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> 'gml_include_items' 'all'</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> 'ows_exclude_items' 'SHAPE_area,SHAPE_len'</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> 'gml_exclude_items' 'SHAPE_area,SHAPE_len'</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> END</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> TOLERANCEUNITS meters</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> TOLERANCE 0</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"># CLASS</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"># STYLE</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"># COLORRANGE 255 255 255 0 0 0</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"># DATARANGE 874 1201</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"># END</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"># END</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> TEMPLATE 'dummy'</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> END # DEM_20</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><div class="identify-result"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <div class="feature-class">2020 Elevation</div></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <div class="item"><label>Elevation:</label>{{ properties.item name=value_0|fix>1 }}</div></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></div></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b>Dennis Falkenberg</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Chippewa County GIS Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">715.738.2595</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:dfalkenberg@co.chippewa.wi.us" target="_blank">dfalkenberg@chippewacountywi.gov</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://mapping.chippewacountywi.gov/" target="_blank">Desktop Mapping Site</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://chipcogis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=258d5a3b2ee2476bb1953a443cd703c8" target="_blank">Mobile Friendly Mapping Site</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://chippewacounty.sharefile.com/filedrop/dxa8988a-58cf-4413-b8be-ac4ce8428204" target="_blank">Data upload site</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">CHIPPEWA COUNTY COURTHOUSE HOURS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">MONDAY-THURSDAY 7:30 – 4:30</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">FRIDAY 7:30-11:30</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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