SOS GetObservation

[Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]]

> Hi,
> 
> I am able to get the GetCapabilties and DescribeSensor 
> requests working correctly 
> (http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/sos_server/)
> However, I am not sure how to configure SOS mapfile for 
> GetObservation. I would like to put all my observation values 
> in a database (PostgreSQL) and then be able to retrieve the 
> observation values from it. Can anyone please tell me what 
> all the tables I need to create in the database and also how 
> to configure Mapserver (/mapfile) to retreive the data 
> (observation values) from a request like this:
> 
> http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/ms4w/apps/sos/sos_te
st.map&Request=GetObservation&service=SOS&Offering=WQ1289>
&observedproperty=WaterQuality&version=0.0.31

In your request URL:  I see you have an offering of WQ1289.  Did you
define this as your offering_id in your LAYER/METADATA?

If you can post a LAYER definition within your mapfile, that would be
helpful.

..Tom