[mapserver-users] Loading WMS Image gives strange results (FW: BC OGC Web Map Server Now Available in Test Mode)

[Tyler Mitchell]

Has anyone got imagery from this WMS source to display properly?  The
colours are all messed up when I load it with MapServer
It reminds me of a radarsat image I once saw... :) but it should just be a
b/w orthophoto.  Unless I messed up somewhere along the line, I assume it's
a WMS/mapserver issue - will mapserver handle WMS images that are > 8 bit
depth?

Here's my layer info.

LAYER
  NAME BCtest
  TYPE RASTER
  STATUS DEFAULT
  CONNECTIONTYPE WMS
  CONNECTION
"http://slkapps2.env.gov.bc.ca/servlet/com.esri.wms.Esrimap?VERSION=1.0.0&REQUEST=map&LAYERS=TRIM%20Orthomosaic%20Overview&FORMAT=gif&BGCOLOR=0x000000"
  METADATA
    "wms_srs" "epsg:42102"
    "wms_timeout" "1000"
  END
END
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  |       cc:       "Yazdani, Rostam SRM:EX" <RYAZDANI at Victoria1.gov.bc.ca>                      |
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  |       Subject:  BC OGC Web Map Server Now Available in Test Mode                             |
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Hi All.

The Base Mapping and Geomatic Services (BMGS) Branch of the BC Ministry of
Sustainable Resource Management is pleased to announce the availability of
our BC OGC Web Map Server on a test basis. BC OGC WMS lets you browse a
seamless topographic map of British Columbia with a spectacular,
orthorectified air photo mosaic as a backdrop. The topographic map is
actually three different scales, 1:6 000 000, 1:250 000, and
:20 000
Terrain Resource Information Management (TRIM) 1: 20 000. The map you view
varies automatically with your zoom level. The orthomosaic is a 1:20
compressed version of TRIM orthophotography which is in black and white
with
one metre pixel resolution.

Initially, the orthomosaic is turned off. To turn it on, select Layers from
the map menu bar, then turn on the orthomosaic layer. We also recommend you
turn off the water bodies layer so lakes and ponds are outlined, not
colour-filled.

Forest Cover is also available with provincial coverage.  Other layers will
be added in the future.

For a demo of an OGC-compliant web map viewer accessing the BC OGC WMS,
copy
the URL from ogcdemo1.txt <http://home.gdbc.gov.bc.ca/dim/ogcdemo1.txt>
into your favourite web browser and go.

If you are running an OGC-compliant Web Map Server that supports service
chaining (or cascading), you can use any of our data layers as your basemap
and add your own layers to create your own custom web map service. Our OGC
Web Map Server is located at
http://slkapps2.env.gov.bc.ca/servlet/com.esri.wms.EsrimapHYPERLINK
"http://slkapps2.env.gov.bc.ca/servlet/com.esri.wms.Esrimap" .
<http://slkapps2.env.gov.bc.ca/servlet/com.esri.wms.EsrimapHYPERLINK >

We have an important demo next Thursday so would appreciate hearing from
those who have other BC data and have tried to cascade to our new server.





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