[Mapserver-users] WFS Server Configuration

[Bart van den Eijnden]

Hi Joost,

I think this is the string which will be used in the output as the 
descriptor/title for the geometry column (i.e. GML geometric property).

This is because shapefiles along with many other datasets don't have a 
specific name for the spatial column (as the geometry is present in the 
shp file itself), unlike e.g. Oracle Spatial.

So if you don't set it, you get "MS_GEOMETRY" in your output, which can 
also be seen in the output you posted.

If you want to overrule this, you have to set the 
"wfs_geometry_element_name" metedata to something else. This will be 
present in your output then.

Best regards,
Bart

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:17:04 -0500, Van Ulden, Joost 
<jvanulde at nrcan.gc.ca> wrote:

> Could someone please clarify what exactly the "wfs_geometry_element_name"
> metadata element is supposed to do?  Where is "MS_GEOMETRY" set?
>
> For some reason I am getting nothing back from the server when I query 
> all
> properties of all instances of a feature type.  Any suggestions?  I am 
> using
> a shapefile.
>
> This is what the documentation states:
> wfs_geometry_element_name
> Name of the element (i.e. attribute) to use for the geometry in GML 
> output.
> If not set then "MS_GEOMETRY" will be used. The layer-level
> "wfs_geometry_element_name" takes precedence over this value.
>
> Here is the DescribeFeatureType results for my shapefile:
> <complexType name="amsco_Type">
>     <complexContent>
>       <extension base="gml:AbstractFeatureType">
>         <sequence>
>           <element name="MS_GEOMETRY"
>                    type="gml:PolygonPropertyType"
>                    nillable="false" />
>           <element name="AREA" type="string" />
>           <element name="PERIMETER" type="string" />
>           <element name="AMSCO_" type="string" />
>           <element name="AMSCO_ID" type="string" />
>           <element name="ID" type="string" />
>           <element name="SYMBOL" type="string" />
>           <element name="LABEL" type="string" />
>           <element name="R" type="string" />
>           <element name="G" type="string" />
>           <element name="B" type="string" />
>           <element name="RGB" type="string" />
>         </sequence>
>       </extension>
>     </complexContent>
>   </complexType>
>
> Cheers,
>
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