[Mapserver-users] WMS mapfile snippet/WMS test server

[Norbert Thieme]

Nicolas Boretos schrieb:
> Hello list,
> 
> Trying to test features of my static mapserver build (4.0.1) using msys...
> My shape files test and queries work
> My postgis stuff works..
> 
> Now while testing the WMS client stuff with this snippet in the map file...
> I get the "msProcessProjection(): Projection library error. no system 
> list, errno: 2" that's been reported on the list..
> 
> I have the "EPSG:4326" projection in my .....cgi-bin/ms401/proj 
> directory...
> as well as in c:\proj, and c:\proj\nad...
> 
> I saw this comment on the list....
> 
> "If your server runs on Windows, then the epsg file is searched in 
> either C:\PROJ, or C:\PROJ\NAD depending on the version of PROJ that was 
> used to compile MapServer...."
> 
> As noted above, I've used msys/mingwin to compile ms, is this a problem? 
> I was under the impression that ms looked
> into its own install dir for the proj directory....?
> 
> 
> Here my mapfile snippet ...
> ##Extracted from WMS cookbook python script...
> LAYER
>      NAME "RELIEF"
>      TYPE RASTER
>      STATUS ON
>      CONNECTION 
> "http://www.intl-interfaces.net/cookbook/WMS/basic-wms2/basic-wms2.py?"
>      CONNECTIONTYPE WMS
>      METADATA
>        "wms_srs"             "EPSG:4326"
>        "wms_name"            "RELIEF"
>        "wms_latlonboundingbox" "-2.197265625 39.55078125 20.302734375 
> 50.80078125"
>        "wms_server_version"  "1.0.0"
>        #"wms_formatlist"      "image/gif,image/png,image/jpeg,image/wbmp"
>        "wms_format"          "image/png"
>      END
>    END
> ###End WMS
> 
> Do I need anything in my WEB object?
> 
> Could someone supply a valid snippet that tests the WMS servers posted 
> at postgis site?
> 
> regards,
> 
> nicolas
> 
> 
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I think you need at least the imagepath in the web object because the 
mapserver creates a temporary image in this directory and deletes it.

Do you have a projection set for your map? You need to have that. If you 
have it how does it look like?

Regards,
Norbert