[mapserver-users] wcs client support

[Roger André]

Hi Frank,

Apologies if this is a dense question, but is it correct to assume the
following:

1) create an XML file similar to this one that points at valid WCS service:
<WCS_GDAL>
  <ServiceURL>http://maps.gdal.org/cgi-bin/mapserv_dem?</ServiceURL>
  <CoverageName>srtmplus_raw</CoverageName>
</WCS_GDAL>

2. Create a Mapserver LAYER with TYPE raster, and where the DATA line
points to the above-mentioned XML file.

Is that it?  Do I need to specify in the LAYER something special for
Mapserver to use GDAL to query the WCS via the XML file? (whew, say
that 3x fast)

Thanks,

Roger
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On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Roger André <randre at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Frank,
>
> I didn't know about the gdal WCS driver.  I'll see if I can get
> something working from the doc you've linked to.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roger
> --
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
>> Roger André wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of any work being done to implement WCS client
>>> functionality in Mapserver?  I have seen a passing reference to this
>>> on the OGC Galeon page, http://www.ogcnetwork.net/node/113. It looked
>>> like Texas A&M was going to implement a test client, but I can't find
>>> any additional info about this.
>>>
>>> I'd like to make some maps using data stored on WCS servers, but I
>>> can't seem to find any clients that can render the data directly.
>>
>> Roger,
>>
>> GDAL already has a WCS driver so the normal approach to serving maps
>> from WCS sources is to use MapServer and GDAL's WCS driver.  Within reason
>> I can provide assistance trying this out.
>>
>>  http://www.gdal.org/frmt_wcs.html
>>
>> Best regards,
>> --
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>>
>>
>