WMS GetCapabilities problem

[Wouter Schaubroeck]

Many thanks,
Indeed you're right, i didn't look further than the name: mapserv.exe.
Why is it called like that? Can you give it a (file)name, other than
mapserv.exe?

grtz
Wouter

Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] wrote:

>This is because the MIME type returned by an OGC:WMS 1.1.1
>GetCapabilities request is not recognized by standard web browsers
>unless you configure it to do so.
>
>Try saving the file and opening with something like Wordpad.
>
>..Tom
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
>Behalf Of Wouter Schaubroeck
>Sent: Sunday, 03 April, 2005 16:45
>To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] WMS GetCapabilities problem
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>I'm using the ms4w application you all know. I worked myself through the
>tutorial, and now i want to set up my own WMS Server. Therefor i used
>example 1.7. But when i want to test my WMS Server and perform a
>GetCapabilities request, Firefox is offering me the mapserv.exe file, in
>stead of an XML document. What am i doing wrong?
>
>This is my hyperlink with the request:
>http://192.168.2.3/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=c:/ms4w/apache/htdocs/mapserv
>ertutorial/example1-7.map&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION1.1.1&REQUEST=G
>etCapabilities
>
>This is my MAP file:
>
>MAP
>NAME           EX1.7_
>IMAGETYPE      PNG24
>#EXTENT        201621.496941 -294488.285333 1425518.020722 498254.511514
># LAEA
>EXTENT         -97.5 41.619778 -82.122902 49.38562 # Geographic
>SIZE           400 300
>SHAPEPATH      "c:\ms4w\apache\htdocs\mapservertutorial\data"
>SYMBOLSET
>"c:\ms4w\apache\htdocs\mapservertutorial\symbols\symbols35.sym"
>FONTSET
>"c:\ms4w\apache\htdocs\mapservertutorial\fonts\fonts.list"
>
>WEB
>  IMAGEPATH 'c:\tmp\'
>  IMAGEURL  '\tmp\'
>    METADATA
>        "wms_title"                    "WMS_Test"
>        "wms_onlineresource"
>"http://192.168.2.2/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=c:\ms4w\apache\htdocs\mapser
>vertutorial\example1-7.map&"
>        "wms_srs"                    "EPSG:2136"
>    END
>END
>
>PROJECTION
>#  "proj=laea"
>#  "ellps=clrk66"
>#  "lat_0=45"
>#  "lon_0=-100"
>#
># Alternatively, you can specify an EPSG code.
> "init=epsg:2163"
>#
>END
>
># Start of LAYER DEFINITIONS
>---------------------------------------------
>LAYER # States polygon layer begins here
>  NAME         states
>  DATA         states_ugl
>  STATUS       OFF
>  TYPE         POLYGON
>
>  PROJECTION
>    "init=epsg:4326"
>  END
>    METADATA
>        "wms_title"        "States Polygon"
>        "wms_srs"        "epsg:4326"
>    END
>
>  CLASSITEM    "CLASS"
>  CLASS
>    EXPRESSION 'land'
>    SYMBOL     0
>    COLOR      232 232 232
>  END
>END # States polygon layer ends here
>
>LAYER # MODIS raster layer begins here
>  NAME         modis
>  DATA         "raster\mod09a12003161_ugl_ll_8bit.tif"
>  STATUS       OFF
>  TYPE         RASTER
>  PROCESSING   "BANDS=1,2,3"
>  OFFSITE      71 74 65
>
>#  PROJECTION
>#    "init=epsg:4326"
>#  END
>END # MODIS raster layer ends here
>
>LAYER # LandSat WMS map from JPL (or from USGS)
>  NAME         LandSat
>  TYPE         RASTER
>  OFFSITE      0 0 0
>  STATUS       DEFAULT
>  CONNECTIONTYPE     WMS
>  #CONNECTION
>"http://wms.jpl.nasa.gov/wms.cgi?REQUEST=map&LAYERS=us_landsat7&STYLES=&
>FORMAT=png&TRANSPARENT=true" #verwijder de 1!!
>  CONNECTION
>"http://gisdata.usgs.net/servlet/com.esri.wms.Esrimap?ServiceName=USGS_W
>MS_LANDSAT7&VERSION=1.0.0&REQUEST=map&Layers=LANDSAT7&SRS=EPSG:4326&REAS
>PECT=false&Format=png&"
>
>  METADATA
>    "wms_title" "LandSat"
>    "wms_name" "us_landsat7"
>    "wms_server_version" "1.0.0"
>    "wms_srs" "epsg:4326"
>    "wms_format" "image/png"
>    #"wms_title" "US_Landsat7"
>    # "wms_srs" "epsg:4326"
>    # "wms_connectiontimeout" "1000"
>  END
>
>#  PROJECTION
>#    "init=epsg:4326"
>#  END
>END # LandSat WMS image ends here
>
>LAYER # States line layer begins here
>  NAME         states
>  DATA         states_ugl
>  STATUS       DEFAULT
>  TYPE         LINE
>
>#  PROJECTION
>#    "init=epsg:4326"
>#  END
>
>  CLASSITEM    "CLASS"
>  CLASS
>    EXPRESSION 'land'
>    SYMBOL     'line5'
>    COLOR      64 64 64
>    SIZE       1
>  END
>END # States line layer ends here
>
>LAYER # States label layer begins here
>  NAME         states
>  DATA         states_ugl
>  STATUS       DEFAULT
>  TYPE         ANNOTATION
>
>#  PROJECTION
>#    "init=epsg:4326"
>#  END
>
>
>  CLASSITEM    "CLASS"
>  LABELITEM    "STATE"
>  CLASS
>    EXPRESSION 'land'
>    COLOR      -1 -1 -1
>    LABEL
>      COLOR    255 255 255
>      TYPE     TRUETYPE
>      FONT     arial-bold
>      SIZE     12
>      ANTIALIAS    TRUE
>      POSITION     CL
>      PARTIALS     FALSE
>      MINDISTANCE  300
>      BUFFER       4
>    END # end of label
>  END # end of class
>END # States label layer ends here
># End of LAYER DEFINITIONS -------------------------------
>
>END # end of map file
>
>
>