[mapserver-users] uDig and MapServer WFS
Barend Köbben
kobben at itc.nl
Tue Nov 3 13:59:03 EST 2009
Hi,
I have found that a uDig/Mapserver combination is especially picky on data
that has no clear extent. Try explicitely mentioning the extent, by
including
"ows_extent" "xmin ymin xmax ymax"
or
"wfs_extent" "xmin ymin xmax ymax"
in the METADATA section of each LAYER definition
Hope this helps,
--
Barend Köbben
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Sciences and Earth Observation (ITC)
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On 03-11-09 18:36, "graham_allan" <graham.allan at crowderconsult.co.uk> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I¹m trying to use uDig in connection with MapServer¹s WFS capability. I have
> set up a .map file that contains all the information needed for a WFS
> according to the instructions in the MapServer user guide
> <http://mapserver.org/ogc/wfs_server.html> and can get the XML in response to
> a get capabilities:
>
> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/ms4w/apps/labuan/mapfiles/labuan_wfs
> .map&SERVICE=wfs&VERSION=1.0.0&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
>
> But if I open the service using uDig although I can select layers and they
> apper in the layers view, no data is displayed and the table view contains 0
> records and the layer count is 0.
>
> If I use the same map file and open the layers as a WMS then I can see the
> data
>
> Does anybody have any suggestion regarding what I¹m doing wrong?
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Graham
>
>
>
> # objects.
> MAP
> NAME LABUAN_WFS
> STATUS ON
> IMAGETYPE PNG
> EXTENT 607726.651900 578442.812605 630101.446005 597763.786700
> SIZE 800 600
> IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255
>
> # PROJECTION
> # "proj=omerc"
> # "lat_0=4"
> # "lonc=115"
> # "alpha=53.31582047222222"
> # "k=0.99984"
> # "x_0=590476.87"
> # "y_0=442857.65"
> # "ellps=evrstSS"
> # "units=m"
> # "no_defs"
> # END
>
> PROJECTION
> "init=epsg:29873"
> END
>
>
> #
> # Start of web interface definition
> #
> WEB
> #
> # On Windows systems, /tmp and /tmp/ms_tmp/ should be created at
> the root
> # of the drive where the .MAP file resides.
> #
> IMAGEPATH "C:/ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/"
> IMAGEURL "/ms_tmp/"
> METADATA
> "wfs_title" "Labuan_WMS"
> "wfs_onlineresource"
> "http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?MAP=C:/ms4w/apps/labuan/mapfiles/labuan_
> wfs.map"
> "wfs_srs" "EPSG:29873"
> "wfs_schemas_location"
> "http://schemas.opengeospatial.net"
> END
> END
>
> # Layer objects are defined beneath the map object. You need at least one
> # layer defined in your map file before you can display a map... You can
> # define as many layers as you'd like although a limit is typically
> hard-coded
> # in map.h in the MapServer source. The default limit is set at 100. You'd
> # have to have a very specialized application to need more than 100 layers
> in
> # your application.
> # Start of LAYER DEFINITIONS ---------------------------------------------
> LAYER
> NAME DMA
> METADATA
> "wfs_title" "DMA"
> "gml_include_items" "all"
> "gml_featureid" "OBJECTID"
> END
> TYPE POLYGON
> CONNECTIONTYPE ogr
> CONNECTION "C:\ms4w\apps\labuan\labuan.mdb"
> DATA "DMA"
> STATUS ON
> DUMP TRUE
> CLASS
> NAME "dma"
> STYLE
> COLOR 255 204 255
> OUTLINECOLOR 153 000 153
> END
> END
> END
>
> LAYER
> NAME Pipeline
> METADATA
> "wfs_title" "Pipeline"
> "gml_include_items" "all"
> "gml_featureid" "OBJECTID"
> END
> TYPE LINE
> CONNECTIONTYPE ogr
> CONNECTION "C:\ms4w\apps\labuan\labuan.mdb"
> DATA "Pipeline"
> STATUS ON
> PROJECTION
> "init=epsg:42304"
> END
>
> DUMP TRUE
> CLASS
> NAME "Pipeline"
> STYLE
> COLOR 051 153 255
> END
> END
> END
>
> LAYER
> NAME Meter
> METADATA
> "wfs_title" "Meter"
> "gml_include_items" "all"
> "gml_featureid" "OBJECTID"
> END
> TYPE POINT
> CONNECTIONTYPE ogr
> CONNECTION "C:\ms4w\apps\labuan\labuan.mdb"
> DATA "Meter"
> STATUS ON
> DUMP TRUE
> CLASS
> NAME "Meter"
> STYLE
> COLOR 051 000 153
> END
> SIZE 10
> END
> END
>
> LAYER
> NAME DMA
> TYPE LINE
> CONNECTIONTYPE ogr
> CONNECTION "C:\ms4w\apps\labuan\labuan.mdb"
> DATA "DMA"
> STATUS OFF
> CLASS
> NAME "dma"
> STYLE
> COLOR 153 000 153
> END
> END
> END
>
>
> END # All map files must come to an end just as all other things must come
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