[mapserver-users] WMS GetFeatureInfo - how do I get the geometry?

Stephen Woodbridge woodbri at swoodbridge.com
Sat Nov 21 10:59:38 EST 2009


I using a WMS GetFeatureInfo request that is returning GML and seems to 
be working except I need the geometry and all I'm getting is the 
bounding box of the the object.

I have read through the "WMS Server" but I'm not seeing any clues there 
that might help.

Thanks,
   -Steve

http://example.com/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/maps/test-900913-wms.map&&service=WMS&version=1.1.0&request=GetFeatureInfo&layers=Parcels&query_layers=Parcels&styles=&bbox=-10739792.365943%2C3773437.912618%2C-10739165.343461%2C3774064.9351&srs=EPSG%3A900913&feature_count=10&x=236&y=462&height=525&width=525&info_format=application%2Fvnd.ogc.gml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<msGMLOutput
	 xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
	 xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
	 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
	<Parcels_layer>
		<Parcels_feature>
			<gml:boundedBy>
				<gml:Box srsName="EPSG:900913">
					<gml:coordinates>-10739641.347221,3773434.931311 
-10739364.637001,3773760.627503</gml:coordinates>
				</gml:Box>
			</gml:boundedBy>
		</Parcels_feature>
	</Parcels_layer>
</msGMLOutput>


LAYER defined like:

     LAYER
         NAME "Parcels"
         METADATA
             wms_title "Parcels"
             #gml_include_items "all"  # tried with/without commented
         END
         TRANSPARENCY ALPHA
         STATUS ON
         CONNECTIONTYPE postgis
         CONNECTION "user=**** dbname=mytest_data host=localhost"
         DATA "the_geom from (select * from parcels) as foo using 
SRID=900913 using unique gid"
         TYPE POLYGON
         LABELITEM "parcel_id"
         MAXSCALEDENOM 4000
         HEADER   "/template/parcels_hdr.html"
         TEMPLATE "/template/parcels_tpl.html"
         FOOTER   "/template/parcels_ftr.html"
         DUMP TRUE
         PROJECTION
             "init=epsg:900913"
         END
         CLASS
             STYLE
                 COLOR -1 -1 -1
                 WIDTH 2
                 OUTLINECOLOR 255 0 255
             END
             LABEL
                 TYPE TRUETYPE
                 FONT "arial"
                 SIZE 7
                 COLOR "#000000"
                 PARTIALS FALSE
             END
         END
     END


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