WMS Server get into ArcExplorer 4.0.1 - English

[Brent Fraser]

Leopold,

  For some reason your web server is not passing through the "content-type"
of the xml data returned by mapserver.

  For trouble-shooting a URL, I try the WMS url (with VERSION and
REQUEST=GetCapabilities) in Internet Explorer.  If IE shows well-formatted
XML then there's nothing wrong with the data transfer.  In your case, IE
wants to save the data as a file, indicating it doesn't know what format the
data is in (and most other user-agents such as ArcExplorer will have similar
problems).

  I tried your URL in CadCorp's SIS MapBrowser
(http://www.cadcorp.com/products_geographical_information_systems/map_browse
r.htm), and it worked fine.  It must be a lot more tolerant of
"content-type" problems than most WMS clients.

  I saved the data returned from your URL as a file.  It looks like valid
GetCapabilities XML, so I would guess the problem is with your web server
(or any ASP, PHP, etc you've got between the server and the client).

Brent Fraser

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leopold Schefcik (MULTIMEDIAPLAN.AT)"
<leopold.schefcik at MULTIMEDIAPLAN.AT>
To: <MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 8:31 AM
Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] WMS Server get into ArcExplorer 4.0.1 -
English


> once again in English:
>
>
> Hello Liste,
>
> I have installed ArcExplorer 4.0.1 with an Extention to geht a WMS into..
>
> but I get after this formular:
>
> ---------
> Url:
> Service Name:
> ---------
>
> the message "Invalid Capabilities File. Check Server Url."
>
> What do I have to put into Service Name?
>
> Or is there a mistake at my Urls?
>
(http://demo.intevation.de/cgi/frida-wms?REQUEST=GetCapabilities&SERVICE=WMS
> &VERSION=1.1.1
> bzw.
>
http://deegree.centropemap.multimediaplan.kosnet.com/deegree2/wms/wms?SERVIC
> E=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities)
>
> With this url the PC shows me the legend, but no map!?!?
>  http://wms.ccgis.de/umn/bin/mapserv.exe?map=d:/umn/germany.map&
>
> Maybe someone can help. Thx a lot! - Leopold