[gdal-dev] Attempting to access an ArcGIS REST API through a WMS format minidriver

[Passmore, James H.]

>From http://www.gdal.org/frmt_wms.html  I see you can access an ArcGIS REST API like:

gdalinfo "http://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer?f=json&pretty=true"

and

gdal_translate "http://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer?f=json" wms.xml -of WMS

These above examples work for me.

When I try on a BGS service it fails as below:

...:\>gdalinfo "https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/rest/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer?f=json&pretty=true"
gdalinfo failed - unable to open 'https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/rest/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer?f=json&pretty=
true'.

And:

..:\>gdal_translate "https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/rest/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer?f=json&pretty=true" bgs.xml -of WMS --debug ON
GDAL: Auto register C:\apps\gisinternals\bin\gdaL\plugins\gdal_BAG.dll using GDALRegister_BAG.
GDAL: Auto register C:\apps\gisinternals\bin\gdaL\plugins\gdal_ECW_JP2ECW.dll using GDALRegister_ECW_JP2ECW.
GDAL: Auto register C:\apps\gisinternals\bin\gdaL\plugins\gdal_FITS.dll using GDALRegister_FITS.
GDAL: Auto register C:\apps\gisinternals\bin\gdaL\plugins\gdal_GMT.dll using GDALRegister_GMT.
GDAL: Auto register C:\apps\gisinternals\bin\gdaL\plugins\gdal_HDF4.dll using GDALRegister_HDF4.
GDAL: Auto register C:\apps\gisinternals\bin\gdaL\plugins\gdal_HDF4Image.dll using GDALRegister_HDF4Image.
GDAL: Auto register C:\apps\gisinternals\bin\gdaL\plugins\gdal_HDF5.dll using GDALRegister_HDF5.
GDAL: Auto register C:\apps\gisinternals\bin\gdaL\plugins\gdal_HDF5Image.dll using GDALRegister_HDF5Image.
GDAL: Auto register C:\apps\gisinternals\bin\gdaL\plugins\gdal_KEA.dll using GDALRegister_KEA.
GDAL: Auto register C:\apps\gisinternals\bin\gdaL\plugins\gdal_MG4Lidar.dll using GDALRegister_MG4Lidar.
GDAL: Auto register C:\apps\gisinternals\bin\gdaL\plugins\gdal_MrSID.dll using GDALRegister_MrSID.
GDAL: Auto register C:\apps\gisinternals\bin\gdaL\plugins\gdal_netCDF.dll using GDALRegister_netCDF.
HTTP: Fetch(https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/rest/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer?f=json&pretty=true)
WMS: Did not get levels
HTTP: Fetch(https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/rest/services/UKSO/UKSO_BGS/MapServer?f=json&pretty=true)
GDALOpen failed - 0

Is the reason that HTTPS is not supported here at all, or if not what might be wrong with the service/request/ configuration?

Thanks

James



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