WFS Client Problems

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Not sure what you mean by 'other than for a feature query'. Isn't that
what I want to do here.

http://webservices.ionicsoft.com/unData/wfs/UN?request=GetFeature&service=WFS&typeName=wfs:COUNTRY
Returns properly formatted GML (as far as I can tell).

I'm just coming up to speed on these OGC interfaces, so maybe I am
missing something.

In any case, can someone direct me to another WFS server that serves
up basic stuff like country, state, county bndrys etc.

Thanks,

Jeff

On 4/28/05, Tyler Mitchell <tylermitchell at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hi Jeffrey,
> The bad news is that it isn't really a WFS server!  Unless I'm seriously
> missing something - this server is lying saying that it is WFS (repeatedly
> used in the capabilities document).  Looking its capabilities document:
> http://webservices.ionicsoft.com/unData/wfs/UN?request=capabilities
> doesn't show any sign of really being a WFS, but only a WMS (although the
> acronym is used there a lot).
> 
> If you know the people that put this together (anyone on this list!?), direct
> them our way so we can help fix them up.  Can you show us how you got it to
> return GML properly, other than for a feature query?
> 
> The good news is, it is a WMS and works.  Here is the layer definition that
> should work for you.
> 
> LAYER
>   NAME country
>   TYPE RASTER
>   STATUS DEFAULT
>   CONNECTIONTYPE WMS
>   CONNECTION "http://webservices.ionicsoft.com/unData/wfs/UN?"
>   METADATA
>     "wms_server_version" "1.0.0"
>     "wms_name" "COUNTRY"
>     "wms_format" "PNG"
>   END
>   PROJECTION
>     "init=epsg:4326"
>   END
> END
> 
> You won't be able to style the layers or change colours, but they've done a
> good job making things look alright.
> 
> Let me know if you need more help.  Please cc: me directly to get my
> attention.
> 
> Tyler
> 
> 
> On April 28, 2005 02:57 pm, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I am having trouble getting mapserver to properly retrieve and display
> > data via wfs, and wanted to see if anyone can help. Mapserver is
> > compiled with wfs and wms client support and the wms client works
> > fine.
> >
> > Ok, here is the layer definition in my map file.
> >
> >         LAYER
> >                 NAME countries
> >                 TYPE POLYGON
> >                 STATUS ON
> >                 CONNECTIONTYPE WFS
> >                 CONNECTION
> > "http://webservices.ionicsoft.com/unData/wfs/UN?" METADATA
> >                         "wfs_service"           "WFS"
> >                         "wfs_typename"       "wfs:COUNTRY"
> >                         "wfs_version"           "1.0.0"
> >                 END
> >                 PROJECTION
> >                         "init=epsg:4326"
> >                 END
> >                 CLASS
> >                         TEMPLATE "dummy.html"
> >                         OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
> >                 END
> >         END
> >
> > Note: dummy.html doesn't actually exist, but I dont think it has to???
> >
> > There are no errors returned with this layer is activated, but the
> > output in the IMAGEPATH dir looks like this, and nothing is drawn.
> >
> > <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?> <ogcwfs:FeatureCollection
> > xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.ionicsoft.com/wfs
> > http://webservices.ionicsoft.com/unData/wfs/UN?REQUEST=DescribeAllFeatureTy
> >pe&SERVICE=WFS http://www.opengis.net/wfs
> > http://webservices.ionicsoft.com/unData/wfs/UN/REQUEST/get/DATA/LPR/wfs/bas
> >ic.xsd" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
> > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> > xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
> > xmlns:ogcwfs="http://www.opengis.net/wfs">
> > <gml:boundedBy>      <gml:null>inapplicable</gml:null>
> > </gml:boundedBy>
> > </ogcwfs:FeatureCollection>
> >
> > I assume that this means Mapserver made a request to the wfs server,
> > but no results were returned. First of all, how do I find out the
> > exact URL request made to the WFS server? I suppose that I may be able
> > to debug it this way. I can construct a url myself and the server
> > returns GML correctly.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Jeff
>