[mapserver-users] WMS GetCapabilities warnings

[Jeff McKenna]

Fischer, Brian wrote:
> Does anyone have an idea why I am getting this warning in the 
> GetCapabilities?  I have the projection defined at the map level and in 
> the wms_srs metadata.  Do I need to define the full projection and not 
> the epsg code to get rid of the warning?
> 
>  
> 
> <Title>*parcelwms*</Title>
> 
> - <!--
> 
>  WARNING: Mandatory mapfile parameter '(at least one of) MAP.PROJECTION, 
> LAYER.PROJECTION or wms_srs metadata' was missing in this context.
> 
> * * -->
> 
>  
> 
> Full GetCapbilities URL: 
> http://douglas.houstoneng.com/cgi-bin2/mapserv.exe?map=/ms4w/apps/GeoMOOSE/douglas/maps_douglas/douglas_ogc.map&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities 
> <http://douglas.houstoneng.com/cgi-bin2/mapserv.exe?map=/ms4w/apps/GeoMOOSE/douglas/maps_douglas/douglas_ogc.map&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> Mapfile is shown below:
> 
> MAP
> 
>                 NAME 'DouglasOGC'
> 
>                 SIZE 800 650
> 
>                 STATUS ON
> 
>                 EXTENT 285288 5069486 334186 5109721
> 
>                 UNITS METERS
> 
>                 FONTSET 'fonts/fontset.list'
> 
>                 SYMBOLSET 'symbols/symbol.sym'
> 
>                 CONFIG "PROJ_LIB" "C:\proj\nad"
> 
>                 IMAGETYPE PNG
> 
>                 PROJECTION
> 
>                 "init=epsg:26915"
> 
>                 END
> 
>                 WEB
> 
>                                 IMAGEPATH "/ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/"
> 
>                                 IMAGEURL "/ms_tmp/"
> 
>                                 METADATA
> 
>                                   "wms_title" "Douglas County WMS Server"
> 
>                                   "wms_conlineresource"             
> "http://douglas.houstoneng.com/cgi-bin2/mapserv.exe?map=/ms4w/apps/GeoMOOSE/douglas/maps_douglas/douglas_ogc.map&"
> 
>                                   "wms_srs" "EPSG:26915"
> 
>                                   "wms_abstract" "The Douglas County WMS 
> server has been setup for testing purposes only. The data should not be 
> used for any official decisions"
> 
>                                   "wfs_title" "Douglas County WFS Server"
> 
>                                   "wfs_onlineresource" 
> "http://douglas.houstoneng.com/cgi-bin2/mapserv.exe?map=/ms4w/apps/GeoMOOSE/douglas/maps_douglas/douglas_ogc.map&"
> 
>                                   "wfs_srs" "EPSG:26915"
> 
>                                   "wfs_abstract" "The Douglas County WFS 
> server has been setup for testing purposes only.  The data should not be 
> used for any official decisions"
> 
>                                 END
> 
>                 END
> 
>                
> 
>  
> 
>                 LEGEND
> 
>                                 STATUS ON
> 
>                 END
> 
>  
> 
>                
> 
>                 LAYER # Parcel Polygon Layer
> 
>                     NAME parcelwms
> 
>                     METADATA
> 
>                                 "wms_title" "parcelwms"
> 
>                                 'WMS_FEATURE_INFO_MIME_TYPE' 'text/plain'
> 
>                                 "wfs_title" "parcels"
> 
>                                 "gml_featureid" "FID"
> 
>                                 "gml_include_items" "PIN,GIS_ACRES,TAXPAYER"
> 
>                     END
> 
>                     DATA 'ogc/parcels_utm15'
> 
>                     DUMP TRUE
> 
>                     STATUS OFF
> 
>                     TYPE LINE   
> 
>                     CLASS
> 
>                       NAME "Parcels"
> 
>                       SYMBOL 'plainline'
> 
>                       COLOR 153 255 153
> 
>                       SIZE 1.5
> 
>                     END
> 
>                    
> 
>   END # Parcels Polygon Layer
> 
>  
> 
> END ## end Map
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brian
> 
>  

My guess is that if you add a PROJECTION object to your 'parcelwms' 
layer the warning will go away.  However I agree, the warning statement 
is misleading.


-- 
Jeff McKenna
FOSS4G Consulting and Training Services
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