[Mapserver-users] WFS support

[Yewondwossen Assefa]

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Later,

Amit S BEHERE wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> There is not a win32 binary for Mapserver 4.0.1 (with WFS support). Is
> there a way I can use the the source for mapserver 4.0.1 to build it for
> windows. If there is, is there any documentation available regarding the
> same. When might the binary for Mapserver 4.0.1 be released ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Amit Behere.
> UCSD.
> "Technology doesn't make your life more difficult or easy, it just changes
> the rules"......Vishwanathan Anand
> 
> 
> On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Normand Savard wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>See answers below.
>>
>>Norm
>>
>>
>>Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Amit S BEHERE [mailto:abehere at cs.ucsd.edu]
>>>>Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 7:22 PM
>>>>To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
>>>>Subject: [Mapserver-users] WFS support
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>I do not seem to be able to filter my queries (WFS queries)
>>>>correctly. I read in the documentation that only BBOX filter
>>>>is supposed to work for WFS queries. Now does that mean that
>>>>only the BBOX filter will work among the spatial filters
>>>>(filters could be attribute filters or spatial filters) or
>>>>its BBOX filter alone without any other attribute or spatial filters.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>Only the BBOX spatial filter is supported but he BBOX can be used in
>>combinatiion with other filter types.
>>
>>Example:
>>
>>http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv-4.0?map=/home/httpd/html/prototypes/ec/msc/
>>config.map&version=1.0.0&service=WFS&request=GetFeature&typename=stn_info&
>>filter=<filter><AND><BBOX><PropertyName>Name</PropertyName><Box+srsName='EPSG:42304'>
>><coordinates>201000,-7300+410396,67400</coordinates></Box></BBOX><PropertyIsEqualTo>
>><PropertyName>NAME</PropertyName><Literal>Digby</Literal></PropertyIsEqualTo></AND></filter>
>>
>>
>>>In MapServer OGC:WFS (v4.0), BBOX works like this:
>>>
>>>http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv-4.0?map=/home/httpd/html/prototypes/ec/msc/
>>>config.map&version=1.0.0&service=WFS&request=GetFeature&typename=stn_info&bb
>>>ox=-120,50,-118,51
>>>
>>>As for Filter, the forthcoming release of MapServer will support Filter
>>>Encoding (is it already in CVS?), so you should be able to pull off queries
>>>like:
>>>
>>>
>>
>>The filter encoding support is in MapServer 4.1 cvs.
>>
>>
>>>http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv-4.0?map=/home/httpd/html/prototypes/ec/msc/
>>>config.map&version=1.0.0&service=WFS&request=GetFeature&typename=stn_info&bb
>>>ox=-120,50,-118,51&filter=<Filter><PropertyIsEqualTo><PropertyName>Street</P
>>>ropertyName><Literal>myhouseaddr%20blvd</Literal></PropertyIsEqualTo></Filte
>>>r>
>>>
>>>Now, I'm not sure whether spatial filtering will still be supported by the
>>>BBOX parameter, or as a GML element in Filter, or both.  Perhaps the DM
>>>Solutions folks can clarify to what extent Filter will be supported.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>The BBOX parameter is mutually exclusive with FEATUREID and FILTER as
>>stated in the WFS specifications (see 13.7.3.1).  So the BBOX is
>>supported as a GML element.
>>
>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>..Tom
>>>
>>>=========================
>>>Tom Kralidis
>>>Systems Scientist
>>>Environment Canada
>>>Tel: +01-905-336-4409
>>>http://www.ec.gc.ca/cise/
>>>=========================
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>So bottom line is can I do something like the following
>>>>query, "Return me trees only on the street matching the
>>>>property Street=myhouseaddr blvd" using filters. If I can it
>>>>means I am going wrong somewhere with my query.
>>>>
>>>>Amit Behere.
>>>>UCSD.
>>>>"Technology won't make your life more difficult or easy, it
>>>>just changes the rules"......Vishwanathan Anand
>>>>
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