Trouble with OGC Workshop WFS Client Demo

Yewondwossen Assefa yassefa at DMSOLUTIONS.CA
Fri Jan 18 08:34:17 PST 2008


Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm getting the same error on my version.  I seem to remember something
> about a path issue with a newer version of OGR, but I could be wrong.
> 
> Assefa: do you remember what the cause of this is?
> 
  I am not sure what the issue is and I need to dig more to see what is 
causing a problem of opening a OGR type file when the full path without 
the drive is given.
  Quick fix for this is to replace /ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/ with 
'c:/ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/' (or your drive name where you installed ms4w)

  file to change for this problem is 
ms4w/apps/ms_ogc_workshop/client/wfs/demo_init.html :

<input type="hidden" name="map_web" value="imagepath 
'c:/ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/' imageurl /ms_tmp/">

Best Regards

> .Tom
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: UMN MapServer Users List 
>> [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Scott Wittenburg
>> Sent: 17 January, 2008 2:59 PM
>> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Trouble with 
>> OGC Workshop WFS Client Demo
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I'm new to mapserver, and I'm having trouble getting one of 
>> the OGC Workshop demos to work.  Hopefully I'll include 
>> enough support information here so that someone can help me 
>> figure what I'm doing wrong.  
>> If anything is missing, please ask and I'll provide any other 
>> necessary details.  Thanks for taking the time to read this 
>> problem description.
>>
>> Ok, specifically, when I attempt to run the WFS client demo, 
>> I get an error in my browser window which looks like this:
>>
>> msDrawMap(): Image handling error. Failed to draw layer named 
>> 'envirodat'. msOGRFileOpen(): OGR error. Open failed for OGR 
>> connection 
>> `/ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/e80d38d9bdf59eada6d84cd0b21eb99e.tmp.gml'. 
>> File not found or unsupported format.
>>
>> The url that generated this error was:
>>
>> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=%2Fms4w%2Fapps%2Fms_o
>> gc_workshop%2Fclient%2Fwfs%2Fdemo.map&layer=envirodat&layer=ri
>> vers&layer=land_shallow_topo_2048&zoomsize=2&zoomdir=1&program
>> =%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmapserv.exe&map_web=imagepath+%2Fms4w%2Ftmp%2Fms
>> _tmp%2F+imageurl+%2Fms_tmp%2F
>>
>> When I look in the directory "C:\ms4w\tmp\ms_tmp\", I see the 
>> file in question and I've looked at it.  It appears to be 
>> valid GML, though the cygwin "ls -lt" 
>> command shows the file permissions as
>> "-rwxrwx---".  Is this a problem (not world readable)?  
>> The "C:\ms4w\tmp\ms_tmp\" directory permissions are even more 
>> restrictive: "drwx------".  I've tried opening up all the 
>> permissions on all these files and directories, but it didn't 
>> seem to help.
>>
>> Here are some system configuration details:
>>
>> I'm running Windows XP, SP2.  I installed MS4W version 2.2.6 
>> and the OGC Workshop version 1.0.8 into the recommended 
>> location, "C:\" (root directory is "C:\ms4w\").  Everything 
>> seemed to work fine, and several of the workshop demos worked 
>> fine, but when I clicked on the WFS-Client demo link and then 
>> clicked the "Initialize" button, I got the error message shown above.
>>
>> I noticed a message in the archives that looked very similar 
>> to this error, but the problem was actually an extra path 
>> separator char getting put into the tmp file path.  Other 
>> than that, I haven't really seen this problem addressed 
>> anywhere, so most people obviously aren't seeing it.  One 
>> thing I found that people have said could be a problem is the 
>> version of OGR/GDAL used by mapserver.  I've used the 
>> "C:\ms4w\tools\gdal-ogr\ogrinfo.exe
>> program to look at the tmp gml file in question:
>>
>> C:\ms4w\tools\gdal-ogr>ogrinfo.exe 
>> C:\ms4w\tmp\ms_tmp\e80d38d9bdf59eada6d84cd0b21eb99e.tmp.gml
>>
>> Had to open data source read-only.
>> INFO: Open of 
>> 'C:\ms4w\tmp\ms_tmp\e80d38d9bdf59eada6d84cd0b21eb99e.tmp.gml'
>>            using driver 'GML' successfull.
>> 1: envirodat
>>
>> So that seems fine, doesn't it?  The MS4W 2.2.6 documentation 
>> says it includes "GDAL/OGR 1.4.2 and Utilities", so that 
>> seems fine too.
>>
>> Here's the mapfile of the demo that caused the
>> problem:
>>
>> #
>> # $Id: demo.map,v 1.2 2006/08/08 19:02:46 tkralidi Exp $ # # 
>> Start of map file #
>>
>> MAP
>>
>>  # all temp files get prefixed with this string  NAME ms_ogc_workshop
>>
>>  # always returns a map
>>  STATUS ON
>>
>>  # image format options
>>  OUTPUTFORMAT
>>   NAME png
>>   DRIVER "GD/PNG"
>>   MIMETYPE "image/png"
>>   IMAGEMODE RGB
>>   EXTENSION "png"
>>  END
>>
>>  # width / height of map image
>>  SIZE 500 300
>>
>>  # projection of the INTERFACE that this mapfile supports  PROJECTION
>>   "init=epsg:4326"
>>  END
>>
>>  # minx miny maxx maxy
>>  EXTENT -180 -90 180 90 # World
>>
>>  # units of map/app
>>  UNITS DD
>>
>>  # def pointers for symbols
>>
>>  SYMBOLSET "../../etc/symbols/symbols.sym"
>>  FONTSET   "../../etc/fonts/fonts.txt"
>>
>>  #
>>  # Start of web interface definition
>>  #
>>  WEB
>>
>>   TEMPLATE "../../templates/demo.html"
>>   HEADER   "../../templates/query_header.html"
>>   FOOTER   "../../templates/query_footer.html"
>>   
>>   # this is set in the form which initializes the page, but 
>> can be set here if you want
>>   IMAGEPATH "/ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/"
>>
>>   # this is set in the form which initializes the page, but 
>> can be set here if you want
>>   IMAGEURL "/ms_tmp/"
>>  END
>>
>>  #
>>  # Start of reference map
>>  #
>>  REFERENCE
>>   # which image is the base image for refmaps
>>   # a area of interest box will be drawn on top of it
>>   IMAGE ../../graphics/refmap_world_4326.gif
>>
>>   # extents of ref image (minx miny maxx maxy)
>>   EXTENT -180 -90 180 90
>>
>>   # width / height of image
>>   SIZE 150 75
>>
>>   # always generated
>>   STATUS ON
>>
>>   COLOR -1 -1 -1
>>
>>   # color of outline
>>   OUTLINECOLOR 255 0 0
>>  END
>>
>>  #
>>  # Start of legend
>>  #
>>  LEGEND
>>   KEYSIZE 18 12
>>   LABEL
>>    TYPE BITMAP
>>    SIZE MEDIUM
>>    COLOR 0 0 89
>>   END
>>   TEMPLATE "../../templates/legend.html"
>>   STATUS ON
>>  END
>>
>>  #
>>  # Start of scalebar
>>  #
>>  SCALEBAR
>>   IMAGECOLOR 255 0 0
>>   LABEL
>>    COLOR 0 0 0
>>    SIZE tiny    
>>   END
>>   STYLE 1
>>   SIZE 80 2
>>   COLOR 0 0 0
>>   UNITS KILOMETERS
>>   INTERVALS 1
>>   TRANSPARENT TRUE
>>   STATUS TRUE
>>  END
>>
>>  # start of querymap object
>>  QUERYMAP
>>   SIZE 200 200
>>   STATUS ON
>>   STYLE HILITE
>>   COLOR 255 0 0
>>  END
>>
>>  # start of layer definitions
>>
>>  LAYER
>>   # name of layer
>>   NAME land_shallow_topo_2048
>>   GROUP "RASTER"
>>   
>>   # projection: if the data is NOT in the same projection as 
>> the global
>>   # mapfile, you must explicitly give the native projection 
>> code of the data
>>   # some common projections:
>>   # lat/long: epsg:4326
>>   # NRCan LCC: epsg:42304
>>   PROJECTION
>>    "init=epsg:4326"
>>   END
>>
>>   # what type of data is this?
>>   TYPE RASTER
>>
>>   # always returned with interface
>>   STATUS ON
>>
>>   # actual data pointer
>>   DATA ../../data/land_shallow_topo_2048.tif
>>   
>>   DUMP TRUE
>>   
>>   HEADER   "../../templates/land_shallow_topo_2048_query_header.html"
>>   TEMPLATE "../../templates/land_shallow_topo_2048_query_body.html"
>>   
>>   TOLERANCE 5
>>     
>>  END
>>  
>>  LAYER
>>   # name of layer
>>   NAME rivers
>>   GROUP "VECTOR"
>>   
>>   # projection: if the data is NOT in the same projection as 
>> the global
>>   # mapfile, you must explicitly give the native projection 
>> code of the data
>>   # some common projections:
>>   # lat/long: epsg:4326
>>   # NRCan LCC: epsg:42304
>>   PROJECTION
>>    "init=epsg:4326"
>>   END
>>
>>   # what type of data is this?
>>   TYPE LINE
>>
>>   # always returned with interface
>>   STATUS ON
>>
>>   # actual data pointer
>>   DATA ../../data/rivers
>>
>>   # data is queryable
>>   DUMP TRUE
>>
>>   # query templates for HTML-based queries
>>   HEADER   ../../templates/rivers_query_header.html
>>   TEMPLATE ../../templates/rivers_query_body.html
>>
>>   TOLERANCE 5
>>
>>   # how will this data look?
>>   CLASS
>>    NAME "Rivers"
>>    COLOR 0 0 255
>>   END
>>  END
>>
>>  LAYER
>>   NAME envirodat
>>   GROUP "VECTOR"
>>   TYPE POINT
>>   STATUS ON
>>   # this is a remote OGC:WFS
>>   CONNECTIONTYPE WFS
>>
>>   # the server URL prefix
>>   # MapServer will add the OGC:WMS specific
>>   # keyword value pairs accordingly
>>   #CONNECTION 
>> "http://map.ns.ec.gc.ca/envdat/map.aspx?service=WFS&version=1.
>> 0.0&request=GetFeature"
>>   CONNECTION "http://map.ns.ec.gc.ca/envdat/map.aspx?"
>>
>>   PROJECTION
>>    "init=epsg:4326"
>>   END
>>
>>   # base info MapServer needs to know to generate the
>>   # OGC:WFS GetFeature request
>>   METADATA
>>
>>    # MapServer default sends POST
>>    # force to GET
>>    
>>    "wfs_request_method" "GET"
>>    
>>    # how long (in seconds) should MapServer use
>>    # in issuing and receiving the data?
>>    "wfs_connectiontimeout" "60"
>>
>>    # which version of the OGC:WFS should MapServer communicate with
>>    "wfs_version" "1.0.0"
>>
>>    # service type for connection
>>    # this info is a bit redundant
>>    "wfs_service" "WFS"
>>
>>    # what is the feature type you are querying
>>    "wfs_typename" "envirodat"
>>
>>    # what is the spatial extent?
>>    "wfs_latlonboundingbox" "-64.6622 46.7594 -52.6808 55.2333"
>>    #
>>   END
>>   #
>>   # MapServer will then use this information to generate a 
>> string like:
>>   # 
>> http://map.ns.ec.gc.ca/envdat/map.aspx?version=<wfs_version>&s
> ervice=<wfs_service>&request=GetFeature&typename=<wfs_typename>
>>   #
>>   # missing required keyword value pairs get generated according
>>   # to the application using this mapfile, i.e.:
>>   # &bbox, &filter, etc.
>>
>>   CLASS
>>    NAME "Water Quality Monitoring Stations"
>>    COLOR 255 255 0
>>   END
>>  END
>> END
>>
> 
> 


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