wcs issues on getting data

[Frank Warmerdam]

Nuno GIL wrote:

>Dear listers,
>I've installed mapserver in order to use its wcs
>capabilities.
>The GetCapabilities request works fine, the problem is
>when I try to use the GetCoverage request. Actually I
>don't receive any error message, but the received file
>is empty.
>I'm querying the server with this request:
>http://iceds.ge.ucl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wcs?REQUEST=GetCoverage&COVERAGE=l5&SERVICE=WCS&map=/ge/data/iceds/alpha/umms/wcs_land3.map&BBOX=48.5,-21.5,48.7,-21.3&FORMAT=GEOTIFF_RGB&CRS=EPSG:4326&RESX=0.00027778&RESY=0.00027778
>
>Just to try and sort out the problem, I reduced the
>data being served to only a simple image with one
>channel (no tiles), no  results as well...
>
>

Nuno,

I notice you have no coordinate system defined for your image as a
PROJECTION
block.  I would encourage you to add a block like this in your layer:

 PROJECTION
  "+init=epsg:4326"
 END

If it makes things work, please update the WCS wiki docs to mention this
requirement.

Best regards,
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