[mapserver-users] WMS problems in ESRI clients - bug in 5.2

Wed Oct 22 06:40:53 PDT 2008

Hello
I solved this In ms4w 2.2.9 and Mapserver V5.2 adding to wms_onlinresurce
this

"wms_onlineresource"     "
http://yourhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/your/map/file.map*&SERVICE=WMS&*"
And I test in ArcGIS 9.2 and not problem!

2008/10/22 Smith, Michael <Michael.Smith at maine.gov>

>  I did find the solution to this, with the help of Bob Bistrais, a
> programmer here in Maine.  It's a known bug in MapServer 5.2.  I fixed it by
> going back to MapServer 5.0 (from an earlier MS4W I had on a separate
> machine).  The bug is known and we found it discussed on a MapServer list
> serv posting.  Presumably to be fixed in the next version.  Link to the the
> bug discussion:
> http://www.nabble.com/WMS-query-problems-in-Mapserver-5.2-td19256659.html
>
> The problem is that by default, MapServer 5.2 does not try such requests in
> the order WMS-WFS-WCS as it should.  It seems to try WFS first, and when the
> service is not WFS, it looks like ArcGIS gives up (hence the white screen).
> Other software such as QGIS would show the WMS service correctly, but with a
> noticeable delay after each refresh (it presumably tries adding the service
> parameter to the URL and resending it to MapServer).  MapInfo provided a
> hint by displaying a WFS error message when trying to connect to the WMS
> service.
>
> Using a previous release of MS4W works great, fixed it in just a few
> seconds.  Brian if you need the 5.0 release I can put the whole thing in a
> zip file and get it to you, let me know off-list.
>
> Another solution (which I did not try), might be to add the SERVICE=WMS to
> the URL you use in ArcGIS, which presumably would force MapServer to treat
> it as WMS right away.
>
> *********
> Michael Smith
> State GIS Manager
> Maine Office of GIS
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Fischer, Brian [mailto:bfischer at houstonengineeringinc.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 21, 2008 3:18 PM
> *To:* Smith, Michael; ms4w-users at lists.maptools.org
> *Cc:* mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* RE: [ms4w-users] WMS problems in ESRI clients
>
>  Has anyone found a solution to this problem?  I am having the exact same
> problem.  I'm using MS4W 2.3.0 with MapServer 5.2 and IIS 6.0.
>
>
>
> WMS Get Capabilities 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
>
> This is proof it works as a MapServer CGI request:
>
>
> http://douglas.houstoneng.com/cgi-bin2/mapserv.exe?map=/ms4w/apps/GeoMOOSE/douglas/maps_douglas/douglas_ogc.map&mode=map&layers=parcelwms
>
>
>
> This is proof it works as an OGC WMS GetMap request:
>
>
> 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=GetMap&LAYERS=parcelwms&STYLES=&SRS=EPSG:26915&BBOX=276595,5065831,342552,5113395&WIDTH=600&HEIGHT=500&FORMAT=image/png
>
>
>
> ArcGIS 9.3 recognizes the service but displays a blank image. It even will
> bring in the legend with the right symbology.
>
>
>
>
>
> Brian Fischer
>
> Houston Engineering, Inc.
>
> Maple Grove, MN
>
> (763) 493-4522
>
>
>
> *From:* ms4w-users-bounces at lists.maptools.org [mailto:
> ms4w-users-bounces at lists.maptools.org] *On Behalf Of *Smith, Michael
> *Sent:* Friday, October 03, 2008 3:56 PM
> *To:* ms4w-users at lists.maptools.org
> *Subject:* [ms4w-users] WMS problems in ESRI clients
>
>
>
> Greetings, I have a new MS4W server running with IIS, using the newest MS4W
> on Windows 2003 server.  It works fine if I look at it in QGIS.  If I
> consume it in ArcMap (I tried v 9.0 and 9.3) there is no output image, just
> white.  My layers turn on/off at appropriate scales, but nothing is there.
> The WMS is just 3 levels of orthoimagery for part of Maine.
>
> The URL is
>
> http://geolibportaltest.maine.gov/mapserver/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=c:/ms4w/apps/wms/nw_doqs.map&
>
> I have a prototype box (which is internal to our WAN and so readers you
> won't be able to see it) which has the same exact data and mapfile, but it
> runs on Apache (the one distributed with MS4W) on Windows XP, and the
> service works fine in ArcGIS 9.0 and 9.3.
>
> My map file is shown below.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> **********
> Michael Smith
> State GIS Manager
> Maine Office of GIS
>
> MAP
>
> EXTENT 396000 5093000 501000 5261000
> UNITS METERS
> SHAPEPATH "C:/mapserver_data/nw_doqs"
> RESOLUTION 96
>
> CONFIG "PROJ_LIB" "C:\ms4w\proj\nad"
>
> OUTPUTFORMAT
>   NAME PNG8
>   DRIVER "GD/PNG"
>   MIMETYPE "image/png"
>   EXTENSION PNG
>   IMAGEMODE PC256
>   TRANSPARENT ON
> END
>
> WEB
>   METADATA
>     "wms_title" "Northwest DOQs"
>     "wms_onlineresource" "
> http://geolibportaltest.maine.gov/mapserver/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=c:/ms4w/apps/wms/nw_doqs.map&
> "
>
>     "wms_srs" "EPSG:26919"
>   END
> END
>
> PROJECTION
>   "init=epsg:26919"
> END
>
> LAYER
>   NAME nw_doqs
>   MAXSCALEDENOM 50000
>   METADATA
>     "wms_title" "NW DOQs"
>     "wms_extent" "396000 5093000 501000 5261000"
>     "wms_srs" "EPSG:26919"
>   END
>   TILEINDEX "nw_doqs_index.shp"
>   TILEITEM "location"
>   TYPE RASTER
> END
>
> LAYER
>   NAME nw_doqs10m
>   MINSCALEDENOM 50000
>   MAXSCALEDENOM 500000
>   METADATA
>     "wms_title" "NW DOQs 10m overview"
>     "wms_extent" "396000 5093000 501000 5261000"
>     "wms_srs" "EPSG:26919"
>   END
>   TYPE RASTER
>   DATA doq_overview20.tif
> END
>
> LAYER
>   NAME nw_doqs100m
>   MINSCALEDENOM 500000
>   MAXSCALEDENOM 10000000
>   METADATA
>     "wms_title" "NW DOQs 100m overview"
>     "wms_extent" "396000 5093000 501000 5261000"
>     "wms_srs" "EPSG:26919"
>   END
>   TYPE RASTER
>   DATA doq_overview100.tif
> END
>
> END
>
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