External Layers from WMS

[Jim O'Leary]

Thanks Andy, that worked.


Andy Morsell wrote:
> 
> It looks like you (or whoever published the WMS data) is missing the
> <BoundingBox> metadata so MGOS does not know what the extent of the data
> is.
> If you author an MGOS layer from that WMS server datasource, you can then
> define a map and enter manual Initial View coordinates into the map
> definition.  These values got me in the ballpark and I was then able to
> view
> data:
> 
> Lower left: -124,48
> Upper right: -123,56
> 
> 
> Andy Morsell, P.E.
> Spatial Integrators, Inc.
> ttp://www.SpatialGIS.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim O'Leary [mailto:joleary.public at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 12:38 PM
> To: users at mapguide.osgeo.org
> Subject: [mapguide-users] External Layers from WMS
> 
> 
> I have been able to use the WMS FDO to create a data connection in Studio
> to:
> 
> http://libcwms.gov.bc.ca/wmsconnector/com.esri.wsit.WMSServlet/ogc_layer_ser
> vice?REQUEST=GetCapabilities
> 
> I have made a layer using this data connection as the feature source in
> Studio. Doing this creates a list box of layers in the Layer Editor in
> Studio, the same ones that show up when you use the Gaia browser. I chose
> this one:
> 
> BC_BASEMAP_LINES_5KM_water
> 
> which I can see quite clearly in Gaia. However, it does not show up in the
> Preview screen in MGE. I note that the scale is rather large, namely:
> 
> 1000000000000
> 
> However, making the scale smaller does not produce any output.
> 
> I added this layer to a map and I noticed that the coordinates on Gaia are
> quite different than on the map, so I set them as in Gaia, 143,183, 181,
> 901, 1,918,550, 1,733,050. However, no matter how I zoom, it doesn't show
> up.
> 
> I think our WMS configuration is correct, as our server serves up layers
> to
> the Gaia browser. However, external layers do not show up in MGE. Any
> suggestions?
> 
> Thanks
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