[Mapserver-users] Help with wms server http://wms.cits.nrcan. gc.ca/cgi-bin/cubeserv.cgi

[Dean Gadoury]

Here's an example of a request that has worked for us:
http://wms.cits.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/cubeserv.cgi?VERSION=1.1.1&LAYERS=AGGLOMERATION_2%3ABNDT%2FNTDB-50K&FORMAT=image/gif&TRANSPARENT=FALSE


Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] wrote:

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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Stephen Clark [mailto:stephen.clark at focus.ca] 
>>Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 1:14 PM
>>To: gadoury at dmsolutions.ca
>>Cc: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
>>Subject: [Mapserver-users] Help with wms server 
>>http://wms.cits.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/cubeserv.cgi
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>>Hi All,
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>>I am trying to get the NRS topo maps to display but with no luck.
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>>Here is what I have so far:
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>>LAYER
>>  NAME wms_bndt_ntdb_50k
>>  TYPE RASTER
>>  STATUS ON
>>  CONNECTIONTYPE WMS
>>
>># this might work
>>  CONNECTION
>>"http://wms.cits.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/cubeserv.cgi?VERSION=1.1.
>>0&ServiceName=
>>wms26910&LAYER=BNDT%2FNTDB-50K&FORMAT=PNG&TRANSPARENT=TRUE"
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>- The server should be wms.cits.rncan.gc.ca, not wms.cits.nrcan.gc.ca
>- you don't need the "ServiceName=..." info in the URL.
>- WMS 1.1.0 and above states that image formats must be passed as MIME
>types, i.e. image/png, not PNG
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>># backup site
>>#  CONNECTION
>>"http://blackice.pfc.forestry.ca/cubestor/cubeserv/cubeserv.cg
>>i?VERSION=1.1.
>>0&ServiceName=wms26910&LAYER=BNDT%2FNTDB-50K&FORMAT=PNG&TRANSP
>>ARENT=TRUE"
>>
>>  METADATA
>>    WMS_SRS "EPSG:26910"
>>    WMS_TITLE "BNDT/NTDB-50K"
>>  END
>>END
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>- the WMS seems to be down for whatever reason.
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>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Stephen
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Dean Gadoury" <gadoury at dmsolutions.ca>
>>To: "Stephen Clark" <stephen.clark at focus.ca>
>>Cc: <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
>>Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 1:17 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] WMS servers for BC and western Canada??
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>>>Here are two servers that server NTS topo maps at 1:250,000 
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>>and 1:50,000
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>>>scales.
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>>>Centre for Topographic Information Sherbrooke:
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>>http://wms.cits.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/cubeserv.cgi?request=GetCa
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>pabilities&version=1.1.0&service=wms
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>>>CFS mirror of the CTIS server:
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>>http://blackice.pfc.forestry.ca/cubestor/cubeserv/cubeserv.cgi
>>?request=GetCapabilities&version=1.1.0&service=wms
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>>>Stephen Clark wrote:
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>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone have a list of WMS servers for BC and western Canada.
>>>>
>>>>Specifically I am looking for the NTS topographic service 
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>>1:50000 scale
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>>>>maps.
>>>>
>>>>thanks
>>>>Stephen
>>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>DM Solutions Group
>>>72 Chamberlain Ave. Third Floor
>>>Ottawa, Ontario. K1S 1V9
>>>613 565-5056 ext. 24
>>>
>>>gadoury at dmsolutions.ca
>>>www.dmsolutions.ca
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