[mapguide-users] RE: RE: RE: checking wms connections

spaceoddity rpowers at neomatix.ca
Thu Mar 29 16:12:40 EDT 2007


That was it!  I had the port set but still had localhost. Thx.


Chris Claydon wrote:
> 
> You should check that your WMS server name is configured correctly via
> the Site Administrator interface:
> 
> http://<yourserver:yourport>/mapguide/mapadmin/login.php
> 
> Click on the "Configure WMS" link and make sure that "Server name:" is
> set to the correct server and port. In order to support remote WMS
> clients, it should not be set to localhost or 127.0.0.1.
> 
> Chris.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> [mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of spaceoddity
> Sent: March 29, 2007 1:42 PM
> To: mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: [mapguide-users] RE: RE: checking wms connections
> 
> 
> I turned off my custom layers and turned on Sheboygan.  My
> GetCapabilities
> now looks identical to a site that I found on the list that works in
> ArcGIS
> and Udig (mapguide.spatialgis.com).  
> 
> One difference I see in our implementations is they use port 80 and I
> use
> 8008.  Could my choice of 8008 at install time have messed up anything?
> I'm
> port forwarding through a little router.  Is there anything I might have
> messed up on the Windows user setups?  I've got Permissions on the
> Service
> and layer set to Everyone.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Andy Morsell wrote:
>> 
>> I can see my MGOS derived WMS layers in ArcMap 9.2.  If you have the
>> sample
>> Sheboygan dataset loaded, you should be able right click on that layer
>> name
>> in ArcMap and select Zoom to Layer.  If you have setup your own layers
>> exposed via WMS and can't see them, the data may still be drawing but
> is
>> very small and you may have to manually zoom into that area.   Be sure
> to
>> enter a limiting area in the Bounds parameter for your WMS setup in
>> MapGuide
>> Studio.  If you are using <Bounds SRS="EPSG:4326" west="-180"
> south="-90"
>> east="180" north="90" /> then ArcMap is going zoom to the entire
> world.
>> 
>> 
>> Andy 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of
> spaceoddity
>> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:24 AM
>> To: mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: [mapguide-users] RE: checking wms connections
>> 
>> 
>> I'm trying to view my MGOS WMS service in ArcMap9.2 or uDig 1.18.
> Both
>> receive and process the capabilities info but neither draw the layer.
> I'm
>> able to manually request a map based on your helpful test tool which
>> generates
>> 
>>
> http://neomatix.linksysnet.com:8008/mapguide/mapagent/mapagent.fcgi?requ
> est=
>>
> GetMap&service=WMS&layers=Tiger/Layers/places2&srs=EPSG:4326&bbox=-87.74
> ,43.
>> 68,-87.69,43.815&width=500&height=500&format=image/png
>> 
>> but ArcMap just draws a blank and uDIG says RenderingConnection
> refused:
>> connect
>> Any hints on what else to look for?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Andy Morsell wrote:
>>> 
>>> What do you get from this?
>>> 
>>>
> http://localhost:8008/mapguide/mapagent/mapagent.fcgi?REQUEST=GetCapab
>>> ilitie
>>> s&SERVICE=WMS&FORMAT=text/xml
>>> 
>>> Also attached is an email from Thomas Tuerke from July that has handy
> 
>>> little wms client test page in it.  I hope it comes through on the 
>>> email list.
>>> 
>>> Andy
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: joanne cook [mailto:j.cook at oxfordarch.co.uk]
>>> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 7:40 AM
>>> To: users at mapguide.osgeo.org
>>> Subject: [mapguide-users] checking wms connections
>>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> I am trying to make a wms connection to some layers in my MapGuide 
>>> OpenSource 1.0.2 map. I can't connect to my own, and assume there's 
>>> some kind of problem with the conversion from a different coordinate 
>>> system, as seems to have been discussed at length on this list, so I 
>>> thought I'd better try the Sheboygan data first. All I am trying to
> do 
>>> is connect to the data in Firefox 2, using the following URL:
>>> 
>>>
>>
> http://localhost:8008/mapguide/mapagent/mapagent.fcgi?SERVICE=WMS&VERSIO
> N=1.
>>>
> 1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=Samples/Sheboygan/Layers/Buildings&FORMAT=im
>>> age/pn
>>> g
>>> 
>>> This gives me the following message:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> An unclassified exception occurred.
>>> 
>>> An unclassified exception occurred. Exception occurred in method 
>>> MgHttpWmsGetMap.Execute at line 204 in file 
>>>
> c:\build_tux_area\mgdev_opensource\web\src\httphandler\HttpWmsGetMap.c
>>> pp
>>>  
>>> If I remove any of the parameters I get an xml document back that 
>>> tells me I don't have all the parameters I need. A GetCapabilities 
>>> request seems to validate as far as I can tell...
>>> The end result of all of this is that I want to be able to use my 
>>> MapGuide Open Source data in OpenLayers, but needless to say that 
>>> doesn't work at all at the moment either!
>>>  
>>> Many thanks
>>>  
>>> Jo
>>>  
>>> -------------------------------------------
>>> Joanne Cook BSc MLitt AIFA MBCS
>>> Information Systems Coordinator
>>> Oxford Archaeology North
>>> -------------------------------------------
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> Ivan, Joanne,
>>> 
>>> Shared sympathies on that 559 response.  It's a catch-all response, 
>>> theoretically "of last resort."
>>> 
>>> Joanne: in regards to WMS, let me rephrase Ivan's response a bit: 
>>> "Welcome to the joys of interoperability."  When you're doing WMS, 
>>> you're at the mercy of several implementations (plus conditions on
> the 
>>> network, etc.)
>>> ;-)
>>> 
>>> Strictly speaking, a proper WMS request is:
>>> 
>>> http://someurl?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
>>>                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> 
>>> in order to learn the capabilities of the server (where, as you might
> 
>>> expect "someurl" is to be replaced by the URL of the server in 
>>> question.) The next step is typically
>>> 
>>> http://someurl?request=GetMap&a-bunch-of-specific-parameters
>>>                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> 
>>> where the parameters are determined by what you learned from 
>>> GetCapabilities.
>>> 
>>> Depending on the client, you might get away with just providing the 
>>> http://someurl part; the client's UI will then guide you through the 
>>> selection of layers, styles, and all that.
>>> 
>>> Other -- lower-level -- clients require you to literally type out the
> 
>>> entire http://someurl?request=GetMap&etc request.  This has the 
>>> unfortunate effect of placing an (undue?) burden of WMS
> sophistication 
>>> on the user.
>>> 
>>> To that end, I've attached a little HTML web page that helps
> somewhat...
>>> in that you can play with the various parameters on the web page.  
>>> When you have something you want, you can copy the URL into the 
>>> client's edit control.  It's not the most sophisticated thing out 
>>> there, but for 3K of text, it does a workable job.
>>> 
>>> - Thomas
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ivan Milicevic [mailto:ivan at ineo.hr]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 7:29 AM
>>> To: users at mapguide.osgeo.org
>>> Subject: RE: [mapguide-users] Having trouble figuring out the path
> for 
>>> wms
>>> 
>>> Wellcome to the hell of "error: (559) MgFdoException" :-)
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: joanne cook [mailto:j.cook at oxfordarch.co.uk]
>>> Sent: 5. srpanj 2006 16:26
>>> To: users at mapguide.osgeo.org
>>> Subject: [mapguide-users] Having trouble figuring out the path for
> wms
>>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>>  
>>> I am trying to use Autodesk MapGuide Studio to connect to a wms 
>>> server, powered by MapServer, using the latest wms/wfs connectors,
> but 
>>> I can't seem to figure out the path and can't find any documentation 
>>> on this. The MapServer documentation suggests a path something like
>>>  
>>> http://yourhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=path/to/your/map&
>>>  
>>> With a whole bunch of extra parameters after it, whereas a MapGuide 
>>> Studio connection to (say) geoserver seems only to require
>>>  
>>> http://yourhost/geoserver/wms <http://yourhost/geoserver/wms>
>>>  
>>> The first option gives me an error that states
>>> System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (559) 
>>> MgFdoException.
>>>    at
>>>
> Autodesk.MapGuide.Studio.Site.Comm.RequestManager.ExecutePendingGetReq
>>> uestTo
>>> String(Operation operation)
>>>    at
>>>
> Autodesk.MapGuide.Studio.Site.Comm.RequestManager.TestConnection(Strin
>>> g resourceId, String provider, String connectionString)
>>>    at
> Autodesk.MapGuide.Studio.Site.FeatureSourceInfo.TestConnection()
>>>  
>>> Which is fair enough since I didn't think it was correct, but has 
>>> anyone managed to make a connection from Studio to a MapServer map, 
>>> and what path did they use?
>>>  
>>> Many thanks
>>>  
>>> Jo
>>> -------------------------------------------
>>> Joanne Cook BSc MLitt AIFA
>>> Information Systems Coordinator
>>> Oxford Archaeology North
>>> -------------------------------------------
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Simple WMS Client
>>> 
>>> body {
>>>   background-color: #eee;
>>> }
>>> .frame {
>>>   border: 1px solid red;
>>> }
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>           
>>>           
>>>  
>>>   
>>>    Simple WMS Client
>>>    
>>>     
>>>     Provide the desired values at left, then click the Update button 
>>> to see the image here.
>>>    
>>>   
>>>   
>>>    Site
>>>    
>>>   
>>>   
>>>    Layers
>>>    
>>>   
>>>   
>>>    SRS
>>>    
>>>   
>>>   
>>>    BBOX
>>>    
>>>   
>>>   
>>>    WIDTH
>>>    
>>>   
>>>   
>>>    HEIGHT
>>>    
>>>   
>>>   
>>>    FORMAT
>>>    
>>>   
>>>   
>>>    use Service=WMS
>>>    
>>>   
>>>   
>>>    
>>>    
>>>      
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>>>    
>>>   
>>>  
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
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