Mapserver WMS & ArcGIS : Connnection Problem

[Stefan Schwarzer]

Thanks... as so often just a tiny thing...

The layer finally got displayed only when I added at the LAYER level  
the 'wms_extent' to '-180 -90 180 90'.



On Feb 23, 2007, at 11:56 AM, Külli Tiits wrote:

> 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=gd 
>> p_c apita,int_boundary_lines,continent_outlines
>> Any idea why this could be?
>> Thanks for any hints!