[mapserver-users] wcs_timeposition: explicit listing or start/endrange?

[Steve Lime]

Hi Alex: A present no,  you have to be explicit. If you file a bug I'll make sure this
gets synced with the WMS implementation.

Steve

>>> On 8/15/2008 at 10:49 AM, in message
<e32c6ce00808150849o3163ca04j89a8f5db801eee73 at mail.gmail.com>, "Alexander
Petkov" <greenkov at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to allow data downloads via a GetCoverage requests from a
> mapserver-backed web coverage service.
> 
>>From the documentation, it would appear that the  wcs_timeposition in
> a layers'  metadata section can specify the start and end time
> positions for the layer.
> wcs_timeposition
> 
>     * Description: (Optional) A list of the start and end time of a
> given coverage (i.e. "2000-11-11T11:11:11Z,2001-11-11T11:11:11Z"),
> used when advertising GetCapabilities.
> 
> However, in practice, it looks like each time position needs to be
> listed explicitly, or else an exception is thrown:
> <ServiceExceptionReport version="1.2.0"
> xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/ogc
> http://schemas.opengis.net/wcs/1.0.0/OGC-exception.xsd">
> <ServiceException code="InvalidParameterValue" locator="time">
> msWCSGetCoverage(): WCS server error. The coverage does not have a
> time position of 2005-12-20.
> 
> </ServiceException>
> </ServiceExceptionReport>
> 
> Is it possible to define the time extent with start and end time
> stamps, and time resolution, similar to the wms_timeextent parameter?
> Otherwise, my time position list would end up being rather long for a
> coverage that has data for several years...
> 
> TIA,
> Alex
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