[mapserver-users] OGC and Mapserver

[Stephen Lime]

A GML output filter is well underway and should be hooked into the system soon. It's actually the last piece holding up the release of 3.5. As it sits now you (the data provider) will have to supply a schema from your site to accompany the query specific GML data. There's no way around that. It's definition happens in the metadata block of the WEB object just like with WMS. I imagine a script could be written to look at a mapfile and with the GML encoder in mind write a skeleton schema that could be fleshed out a bit.

Steve

Stephen Lime
Data & Applications Manager

Minnesota DNR
500 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-297-2937
>>> Rob Atkinson <rob at socialchange.net.au> 10/18/01 08:08 AM >>>
Social Change Online has set up MapServ 3.5 under Linux and found it pretty
stable and OGC compliance has been good.

It is a significant improvement in its ability to perform reprojections on the
fly controlled by OGC parameters.

The feature_info issue is the current major limitation - we really need to be
able to generate our own GML response schemas to get much value out of this.

Rob Atkinson

"Hockaday, John" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I want to implement a simple OpenGIS compliant Web Map Service using
> Mapserver to test the WMS concepts.  I believe that Mapserver version 3.5 is
> capable of doing this however, I've been waiting for 3.5 to be stable and
> beyond the nightly builds before I attempt this project.  I don't have CVS
> just RCS.  I therefore, have the following questions:
>
> 1. Has anyone set up a simple OpenGIS compliant WMS using mapserv?  If so
> how difficult was it and can you supply any examples?
>
> 2. Is Mapserver version 3.5 stable enough for me to confidently implement
> and smoothly run a WMS and if not when will it be stable enough.
>
> 3. Is it easy to convert 3.4 mapfiles format into 3.5 mapfiles format?
>
> Thanks in advance for your replies.
>
> John Hockaday