[Qgis-user] QGIS Server: Cascading WMS possible?

[Albin Blaschka]

Am 27.11.2012 10:44, schrieb Andreas Neumann:
> Hi Albin,
>
> Yes - cascading WMS are supported by QGIS server. I use this quite
> extensively.
>
> If it fails on your server one would have to investigate - could be any
> networking or proxy issues or maybe the server is a different QGIS
> version than QGIS Desktop. From QGIS 1.8 to master there have been
> changes in the raster provider. Projects created in QGIS Desktop version
> 1.8 do not necessarily work in QGIS master on the server. It is
> advisable to use the same version on the server and the Desktop creating
> the files. This is normally not a big issues, but with the raster
> provider changes I experienced this problem.
>


Hello Andreas, hello list!

Yes, that was the problem - I saved the QGIS project with Master and on 
the server is V1.8 running - Saving the project with QGIS 1.8 gave me 
the WMS layer on the server!

Thanks!

Albin



> Andreas
>
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:37:27 +0100, Albin Blaschka wrote:
>> Hello List!
>>
>> So, I have QGIS Server up and running, now, finally :-)
>>
>> And now a new question: Is it possible to have a layer coming from
>> another WMS-Server in a QGIS Server project (I think a.k.a. cascading
>> layer)? I set up a QGIS Desktop project with this WMS - layer,
>> everything ok here, but QGIS Server ignores it after updating the
>> map/project file and adding it in the request, is does not show up...
>> The projection is the same for all layers.
>>
>> A little bit of background: I am working/hacking on an intranet
>> web-application to batch-produce maps (based on PostgreSQL/PostGIS
>> Data) for non-GIS colleagues and would need that WMS layer as a
>> backdrop/base...
>>
>> Googling around a bit I did not find anything about this topic...
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Albin
>

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