Mapserver WMS & ArcGIS : Connnection Problem

[Külli Tiits]

Hi,

I think you must add the '&' sign after the URL, like:

http://gridca.grid.unep.ch/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/www/geodataportal/htdocs/mod_map/geo_wms_y_2004.map&

When I tried so, then I got the layers list displayed in ArcMap, but I 
still do not see anything on the map..

But may-be it gets you further.

Külli

Stefan Schwarzer wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> i read in a couple of posts that it is possible to connect with  ArcGIS 
> 9.0 SP 3 to WMS. I can indeed open in ArcCatalog the dialog  box and 
> enter the URL ( http://gridca.grid.unep.ch/cgi-bin/mapserv? 
> map=/www/geodataportal/htdocs/mod_map/geo_wms_y_2004.map ) but then  it 
> says "Failed to connect to server"... But if I type the address  into 
> any browser, it does work fine (I mean, error message, ok,  because no 
> parameter was specified...).
> 
> GetCapabilties:
> http://gridca.grid.unep.ch/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/www/geodataportal/ 
> htdocs/mod_map/ 
> geo_wms_y_2004.map&service=wms&version=1.1.1&request=getcapabilities
> 
> GetMap:
> http://gridca.grid.unep.ch/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/www/geodataportal/ 
> htdocs/mod_map/ 
> geo_wms_y_2004.map&service=wms&version=1.1.1&request=getmap&layers=gdp_c 
> apita,int_boundary_lines,continent_outlines
> 
> Any idea why this could be?
> 
> Thanks for any hints!