[mapserver-users] WMS Server mystery with SRS=EPSG:4326

[Ed McNierney]

Folks -

I'm puzzled.  I'm trying to set up a simple small-scale index map of North America as a WMS service.  The map file is attached at the end.

There's only one layer and one projection advertised (EPSG:4326 - i.e. lat/long WGS84).  If I send a "defective" WMS request to:

http://www.geozone.com/GeographyNetwork/drgbase.asp?Request=GetMap&Version=1.1.0

I'll get a map image with the default projection and extent.  But if I correctly specify the required SRS and BBox parameters:

http://www.geozone.com/GeographyNetwork/drgbase.asp?Request=GetMap&Version=1.1.0&BBox=-180,10,-60,80&SRS=EPSG:4326

the MapServer request just hangs, even though I'm requesting the SAME SRS and BBox that are being used as the defaults in the first URL!  I feel like I'm overlooking the obvious, but I'm stuck on this one - ideas would be welcome.  Thanks!  The symptom shows up in 3.6.1 and 3.7 builds.

	- Ed

Ed McNierney
President and Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
North Chelmsford, MA  01863
ed at topozone.com
(978) 251-4242 

NAME DRG
UNITS DD
IMAGECOLOR 0 0 0
RESOLUTION 250
SIZE 400 400
EXTENT -180 10 -60 80

WEB
  METADATA
  "wms_title"	"TopoZone"
  "wms_onlineresource"	"http://www.geozone.com/GeographyNetwork/drgbase.asp?"
  "wms_srs"     "EPSG:4326"
  "wms_extent"	"-180 10 -60 80"
  "wms_resx"	"1"
  "wms_resy"	"1"
  END
END

### Basemap ###

Layer
	Name	Basemap
	Group	DRG
	Type	Polygon
	Status	Default
	Minscale     251000
	Maxscale 1000000000
	Class
		Color 0 64 0
		Outlinecolor 128 128 128
	End
	Data	"S:/NIMA/countries"
	Projection
		"init=EPSG:4326"
	End
	Metadata
		"wms_group_title"       "NIMA"
    		"wms_title"		"Basemap"
    		"wms_srs"		"EPSG:4326"
    		"wms_extent" 		"-180 10 -60 80"
  	End
End

END