[mapserver-users] Mapscript and wms client

[Brent Fraser]

Chris,

   Yes, last time I looked at the Google Maps TOS, you must use Google's 
API to use their map tiles.

Best Regards,
Brent Fraser


On 9/5/2011 11:57 PM, Chris Jackson wrote:
> Hi Brent and Armin
>
> The GetCapapabilies bit threw me!  Well the one I am trying to load is 
> GEBCO which I think is up.  Having said that I have just changed the 
> wms_name and reloaded the map and it works (maybe it just needed some 
> sleep)..!
>
> Out of interest how do you specify a given layer from the WMS in the 
> mapfile code and is the wms_name just a friendly name you use or 
> specific to the WMS too?
>
> Separately Google maps layers, mapfiles and GDAL, from what I read 
> loading tiles this way this breaks Google's T&C because it bypasses 
> their APIs, anyone have a view....?
>
> My GEBCO code is:
>
> LAYER # GEBCO WMS map
>     NAME         'gebco'
>     TYPE         RASTER
>     OFFSITE      0 0 0
>     STATUS       On
>     CONNECTIONTYPE WMS
>     CONNECTION 
> "http://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gebco_web_services/web_map_service/mapserv?"
>
>     METADATA
>       "wms_srs" "EPSG:4326"
>       "wms_name" "gebco_08_grid"
>       "wms_server_version" "1.1.1"
>       "wms_format" "image/jpeg"
>     END
>
>     PROJECTION
>       "init=epsg:4326"
>     END
>   END
>
>
> Cheers
> Chris
>
> On 5 September 2011 23:06, Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com 
> <mailto:bfraser at geoanalytic.com>> wrote:
>
>     Chris,
>
>     I don't think NASA's JPL is serving data anymore (although it does
>     return a  GetCapapabilies XML).
>
>     Best Regards,
>     Brent Fraser
>
>
>     On 9/5/2011 3:53 PM, Chris Jackson wrote:
>>     Hi
>>
>>     I am trying to use a remote WMS service in my mapfile and am not
>>     having any luck.  I resorted to the MapServer tutorial example
>>     and still had no luck:
>>
>>       LAYER # MODIS WMS map from JPL
>>         NAME         modis_jpl
>>         TYPE         RASTER
>>         OFFSITE      0 0 0
>>         STATUS       On
>>         CONNECTIONTYPE WMS
>>         CONNECTION "http://wms.jpl.nasa.gov/wms.cgi?"
>>
>>         METADATA
>>           "wms_srs" "EPSG:4326"
>>           "wms_name" "modis"
>>           "wms_server_version" "1.1.1"
>>           "wms_format" "image/jpeg"
>>         END
>>
>>         PROJECTION
>>           "init=epsg:4326"
>>         END
>>       END # Modis WMS image ends here
>>
>>     Mapscript has wms client enabled so am I missing another setting
>>     required in the mapfile?
>>
>>     Thanks
>>     Chris
>>
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