[Mapserver-users] Mapserver as WMS server issues

[bartvde at xs4all.nl]

Hi Martin,

answers inline.

> Dear List,
> Just few questions related to the behavior of the UMN as a WMS compliant
> server (I am using the windows binary release 4.0.1)
>
> - it states that the version is 1.1.0. Is the 1.1.1 version of WMS going
> to be supported in the new release of UMN (4.1)?

WMS version 1.1.1 will be supported by Mapserver 4.2. It is already in the
current CVS version I guess.

>
> - PROJ - I am using EPSG 4156 datasets (Czech and Slovak Republic). It
> has empty values in the Proj release coming with the Mapserver download.
> Can I
> a/ simply add the values as stated in the EPSG database (EPSG.org) in
> the epsg file... Is this possible?

If this is a 2D coordsys you can normally simply add the parameters to the
EPSG file which comes with Mapserver.

>
> Is it possible to download a new version of PROJ from the remotesensing
> website (ok, I did not check if it contains the values, but in
> principle) and just copy it to c>/ as done until now, or do I have to
> install (binary release) or compile it with mapserver???
>
> Last WMS related question:
> In the wiki WMS part, it is stated that I should test the capabilities
> of my server with the following statement (I substituted my values)
>
> http://tomko/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=c:/programy/apache/apache2/htdocs/m
> aplist/maplist.map&GetCapabilities

You're right, this is a mistake in the Wiki. But the nice thing about a
Wiki is that you can even update it yourself :-)

>
> Which of course doesn't lead anywhere. I thing that the query should be
> (a functional one):
>
> http://tomko/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=c:/programy/apache/apache2/htdocs/m
> aplist/maplist.map&request=GetCapabilities
>
> So we should probably correct the part in the wiki.
>
> /oh, to mention - what is the strange ampersand escaping at the end of
> the OnlineResource tag good for, it causes that strange
> "...map=/maplist/maplist.map&&" output in the capabilities request!!
>

The OGC WMS spec states that all online resources should end with ? or &,
so that a client can always append its parameters directly after the
online resource (it does not need more logic to see if it needs to append
a & first).

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
Bart

> Thanks
>
> Martin
>
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