[Mapserver-users] ArcExplorer 4.0.1 and Mapserver WMS - Wiki page

[Thomas Bartlett]

Once again thanks for the assistance,

Sorry give you a URL, I am currently running it on my personal machine at
home which has no permanent connect to the outside world.  I did a little
more checking last night and found.

1.  Mapserver will display "WARNINGS" in the XML if it is incorrectly
formatted (I deliberately introduced an error to test this). The
Capatibilities XML file that I am trying to use contains no warning!!
2.  GetMap works but doesn't check for WMS compliance, rather it just checks
if the non-WMS tags in the map file are correct.
3.  The header for the XML document seems to work fine.  I tried adding echo
"<h1>hello world</h1>"; then viewing the document in a web browser.  The
result is Hello World, then the expected error message similar to:

Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output
started at http://localhost/fawkner_mapserv/wms.php:2) in
http://localhost/fawkner_mapserv/wms.php on line 3

4.  It all seem to be correct but when I try loading it in ArcExplorer,
using the interoperability extension I get

"Invalid Capabilities File.  Check Server URL"

I have tried logging all message in ArcExplorer.  I get a heap of errors /
warnings but I nothing that I can understand ??

 Any ideas ?

Cheers  Tom


----- Original Message -----
From: "Daryl Herzmann" <akrherz at iastate.edu>
To: "Thomas Bartlett" <tbartlett at dddd.com.au>
Cc: <Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 5:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] ArcExplorer 4.0.1 and Mapserver WMS - Wiki
page


> Hi,
>
> Can you send me your URL and I can check it out?
>
> THanks,
>   Daryl
>
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Thomas Bartlett wrote:
>
> >Thanks for the speedy reply Antti,
> >Can you clarify "point 3" !
> >
> >I have only added:
> >
> ><?php header("Content-type:application/vnd.ogc.gml");   ?>
> >
> >at the top of the XML document, am I missing something ??
> >
> >I have noted that when I load wms.php into a web-browser I get an error
> >displayed (not a PHP but a HTTP error [like HTTP 404 - File not found])
and
> >when I view the source on that error document I see the XML document, but
> >php has not adding anything eg a header??  Should there be something
there
> >??
> >
> >Thanks again !!
> >
> >Tom
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au>
> >To: <tbartlett at dddd.com.au>; <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
> >Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 2:56 PM
> >Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] ArcExplorer 4.0.1 and Mapserver WMS - Wiki
> >page
> >
> >
> >> Hi Thomas,
> >>
> >> To answer your questions:
> >>
> >> 1. The client is Windows 2000 Pro. The server is Mapserver 3.6.1
> >> or 3.6.4 on Linux depending on whether it's my dev box or not.
> >>
> >> 2. My guess is that it means that it is probably OK. I'd try and
> >> test it by issuing getMap requests manually or pointing one of the
> >> online WMS clients (such as Cubewerx) at it. I am not sure about how
> >> detailed the checking inside Mapserver is, though it is acceptable
> >> to Arc Explorer.
> >>
> >> 3. Shouldn't be anything special. Just remember that you can't send
> >> headers as part of a web request after any regular output (STDOUT)
> >> has been sent. PHP will generate an error and tell you if you try. :o)
> >>
> >> FWIW, I found getting the syntax just right to be the most fiddley
> >> part of the operation.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Antti
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Thomas Bartlett [mailto:tbartlett at dddd.com.au]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2003 2:30 PM
> >> To: Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au; mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> >> Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] ArcExplorer 4.0.1 and Mapserver WMS -
> >> Wiki page
> >>
> >>
> >> G'Day Antti,
> >>
> >> Thanks for posting the document on wiki !!
> >>
> >> I'm trying to get ArcExplorer connecting to MapServer... without a lot
of
> >> success to date.
> >>
> >> I have a couple of questions:
> >>
> >> 1.  What type of system did you manage to get it working on, and will
it
> >> work in a window environment.  I am using the MapServer 3.6.3 windows
> >binary
> >> from the mapserver website (which says it is OGC WMS compliant.  as
does
> >> running mapserv -v
> >> 2.  If the "GetCapatiblies" XML document contains no "WARNINGS" does
this
> >> mean it is WMS compliant?  Or just no obvious issues which will cause
> >> ArcExplorer to fail !
> >> 3.  I am currently using a windows binary version of PHP (CGI only) are
> >they
> >> any issue there ? eg. getting the header part of the document inserted
??
> >>
> >> I have gone through the WMSMapServer document, but I can't find any
> >obvious
> >> non-WMS compliant parts.
> >>
> >> Any ideas
> >>
> >> Many thanks
> >> Tom Bartlett
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: <Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au>
> >> To: <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
> >> Cc: <akrherz at iastate.edu>
> >> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:38 PM
> >> Subject: [Mapserver-users] ArcExplorer 4.0.1 and Mapserver WMS - Wiki
page
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hello all,
> >> >
> >> > Since I got ArcExplorer talking to Mapserver using the advice Daryl
> >> Herzmann recently
> >> > posted to the group (plus some direct assistance from him), I have
put a
> >> set of notes
> >> > up on the Wiki:
> >> >
> >> > http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WMSMapserverArcExplorer
> >> >
> >> > This is also accessible through the WMSMapServer link on the main
page.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> >
> >> > Antti
> >> >
> >> > _______________________________________________
> >> > Mapserver-users mailing list
> >> > Mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> >> > http://lists.gis.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
> >>
> >
> >
>
> --
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