[mapserver-users] WMS call with layer names containing a space.

[TC Haddad]

This came up last year and I don't know if it was ever resolved:

https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2014-August/076870.html

https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2014-August/076886.html


On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 8:44 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) <
bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:

> I was hoping there might be some tricky way of fooling MapServer by
> encoding, etc.
>
> bobb
>
>
> On Feb 4, 2016, at 10:39 AM, TC Haddad <tchaddad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> When querying the TIGER server directly from a browser, the first and
> third styles of request both work, while the option with the "+" does not.
> So those are the 2 options the server will accept.
>
> I guess Mapserver prefers no space in a name, or a "+" to designate space,
> so you might be stuck.
>
> As a best practice, they really should have the version with a space in
> the Title rather than the Name, but you can't fix that from your end.
>
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 7:50 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) <
> bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I’m trying to use this WMS:
>>
>>
>> http://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/services/TIGERweb/tigerWMS_ACS2015/MapServer/WMSServer?
>>
>> Specifically, two layers, “Census Tracts” and “Census Tracts Labels”
>>
>> I can open the service in just about everything, except Mapserver as a
>> WMS client.  I’m assuming the problem is in how MapServer is sending it’s
>> request.
>>
>>
>> I must be missing something obvious.
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> bobb
>>
>>
>> Call1:
>>
>>
>> http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/BOUNDARIES/CENSUS/TRACTS/census_tracts_wms.map?FORMAT=image%2Fpng&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&STYLES=&LAYERS=Census
>> <http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/BOUNDARIES/CENSUS/TRACTS/census_tracts_wms.map?FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&STYLES=&LAYERS=Census>
>> Tracts&_OLSALT=0.8675355401581306&SRS=EPSG%3A4326&BBOX=-93.239,44.892,-92.977,44.993&WIDTH=1557&HEIGHT=865
>> <http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/BOUNDARIES/CENSUS/TRACTS/census_tracts_wms.map?FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&STYLES=&LAYERS=Censu+Tracts&_OLSALT=0.48749308905327293&SRS=EPSG:200068&BBOX=550022.0283237,145619.55953757,593285.9716763,164199.44046243&WIDTH=971&HEIGHT=417>
>>
>> error:
>>
>> Parameter ‘layers’ contains unacceptable layer names
>>
>>
>>
>> Call2 (use “+” for space):
>>
>>
>> http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/BOUNDARIES/CENSUS/TRACTS/census_tracts_wms.map?FORMAT=image%2Fpng&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&STYLES=&LAYERS=Census+Tracts&_OLSALT=0.8675355401581306&SRS=EPSG%3A4326&BBOX=-93.239,44.892,-92.977,44.993&WIDTH=1557&HEIGHT=865
>> <http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/BOUNDARIES/CENSUS/TRACTS/census_tracts_wms.map?FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&STYLES=&LAYERS=Census+Tracts&_OLSALT=0.8675355401581306&SRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=-93.239,44.892,-92.977,44.993&WIDTH=1557&HEIGHT=865>
>>
>> error:
>>
>> Parameter ‘layers’ contains unacceptable layer names
>>
>>
>>
>> Call3 (URL encoding “%20” ):
>>
>>
>> http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/BOUNDARIES/CENSUS/TRACTS/census_tracts_wms.map?FORMAT=image%2Fpng&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&STYLES=&LAYERS=Census%20Tracts&_OLSALT=0.8675355401581306&SRS=EPSG%3A4326&BBOX=-93.239,44.892,-92.977,44.993&WIDTH=1557&HEIGHT=865
>> <http://gis.ci.stpaul.mn.us/datasets/BOUNDARIES/CENSUS/TRACTS/census_tracts_wms.map?FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&STYLES=&LAYERS=Census%20Tracts&_OLSALT=0.8675355401581306&SRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=-93.239,44.892,-92.977,44.993&WIDTH=1557&HEIGHT=865>
>>
>>
>> error:
>>
>> Parameter ‘layers’ contains unacceptable layer names
>>
>>
>>
>> ##Mapfile
>>
>> MAP
>>
>>   STATUS ON
>>
>>   LAYER
>>     NAME "Census Tracts"
>>     TYPE RASTER
>>     STATUS DEFAULT
>>
>> CONNECTION "
>> http://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/services/TIGERweb/tigerWMS_ACS2015/MapServer/WMSServer?
>> "
>>
>>     CONNECTIONTYPE WMS
>>     METADATA
>>         "wms_srs" "EPSG:4326"
>> "wms_name" "Census Tracts"
>>         "wms_server_version" "1.1.1"
>>         #"wms_server_version" "1.3.0"
>>         "wms_format" "image/png24"
>>
>> "ows_title" "Census Tracts"
>> #"gml_include_items" "all"
>>     END
>>     PROJECTION
>>     "init=epsg:4326"
>>     END
>>
>> TEMPLATE "dummy"
>>   END #layer
>>
>> ##CONFIG "MS_ERRORFILE" "/tmp/trying2.txt"
>> ##DEBUG 5
>>
>> END
>>
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