[Mapserver-users] ArcExplorer 4.0.1 and Mapserver WMS - Wiki page

[Thomas Bartlett]

Thank you all for you help !!!  The semi-colon was the problem !!!

Regard
Tom Bartlett
----- Original Message -----
From: <Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au>
To: <tbartlett at dddd.com.au>; <akrherz at iastate.edu>
Cc: <Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au>; <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 10:53 AM
Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] ArcExplorer 4.0.1 and Mapserver WMS - Wiki
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> Hi Thomas,
>
> I have looked at your map file and PHP, you need to replace
> every instance of '&' with '&amp;' in both files. As I discovered
> myself, the semi-colon is easy to overlook but very important.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Antti
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Bartlett [mailto:tbartlett at dddd.com.au]
> Sent: Thursday, 27 March 2003 8:50 AM
> To: Daryl Herzmann
> Cc: Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au; mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] ArcExplorer 4.0.1 and Mapserver WMS -
> Wiki page
>
>
> I know that I have tried using "&amp" at the end of the WMS_ONLINERESOURCE
> tab in the map file but it didn't seem to help.  Is this the only place I
> should need it ?
>
> Either way I'm adding it the list of thing to try !
>
> Cheers
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daryl Herzmann" <akrherz at iastate.edu>
> To: "Thomas Bartlett" <tbartlett at dddd.com.au>
> Cc: <Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au>; <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] ArcExplorer 4.0.1 and Mapserver WMS - Wiki
> page
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Are you using "&amp;" in your document and not plain "&" ? :)
> >
> > Daryl
> >
> > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Thomas Bartlett wrote:
> >
> > >Hello All,
> > >Please find attached a copy of my map file and the resulting
> GetCapabilities
> > >XML document!
> > >
> > >I spent 6 hrs on it last night changing things in the map file as well
as
> > >reinstalling ArcExplorer and the Extension but it is doesn't seem to
> work.
> > >
> > >Cheers Tom
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: <Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au>
> > >To: <tbartlett at dddd.com.au>; <akrherz at iastate.edu>
> > >Cc: <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 5:11 PM
> > >Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] ArcExplorer 4.0.1 and Mapserver WMS -
Wiki
> > >page
> > >
> > >
> > >> Thomas Bartlett wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > However  GetCapabilities does not check whether the map file is WMS
> > >> > compliant does it !  It simply checks that the map file is correct
as
> > >far as
> > >> > MapServer is concerned !!  I remove all reference to WMS from the
> same
> > >map
> > >> > file and the GetCapabilities XML document returned contain NO
> warning.
> > >This
> > >> > map file is obviously not WMS compliant (as it contains none of the
> WMS
> > >> > tags) hence my conclusion.  Am I wrong in this conclusion ??
> > >>
> > >> That seems like a reasonable conclusion to me, and suggests that a
good
> > >> next step would be to check the map and layers to make sure that no
> > >> mandatory WMS items have been omitted. It would certainly explain why
> > >> Arc Explorer doesn't like the output you are sending.
> > >>
> > >> BTW, thanks for the insight into what is and is not checked, lets me
> > >> cross one more item off my list of "things to investigate". :o)
> > >>
> > >> Cheers,
> > >>
> > >> Antti
> > >>
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> > >
> >
> > --
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> >  * Daryl Herzmann (akrherz at iastate.edu)
> >  * Program Assistant -- Iowa Environmental Mesonet
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> >  */
> >
>