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

[Daryl Herzmann]

Hi,

Are you using "&" in your document and not plain "&" ? :)

Daryl

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Thomas Bartlett wrote:

>Hello All,
>Please find attached a copy of my map file and the resulting GetCapabilities
>XML document!
>
>I spent 6 hrs on it last night changing things in the map file as well as
>reinstalling ArcExplorer and the Extension but it is doesn't seem to work.
>
>Cheers Tom
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au>
>To: <tbartlett at dddd.com.au>; <akrherz at iastate.edu>
>Cc: <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 5:11 PM
>Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] ArcExplorer 4.0.1 and Mapserver WMS - Wiki
>page
>
>
>> Thomas Bartlett wrote:
>>
>> > However  GetCapabilities does not check whether the map file is WMS
>> > compliant does it !  It simply checks that the map file is correct as
>far as
>> > MapServer is concerned !!  I remove all reference to WMS from the same
>map
>> > file and the GetCapabilities XML document returned contain NO warning.
>This
>> > map file is obviously not WMS compliant (as it contains none of the WMS
>> > tags) hence my conclusion.  Am I wrong in this conclusion ??
>>
>> That seems like a reasonable conclusion to me, and suggests that a good
>> next step would be to check the map and layers to make sure that no
>> mandatory WMS items have been omitted. It would certainly explain why
>> Arc Explorer doesn't like the output you are sending.
>>
>> BTW, thanks for the insight into what is and is not checked, lets me
>> cross one more item off my list of "things to investigate". :o)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Antti
>>
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