[mapserver-users] WCS server not

Stephan Meißl stephan at meissl.name
Wed Feb 22 01:07:09 PST 2012


On Tue, 2012-02-21 at 13:11 +0100, Jorge Lopez wrote:
> Hello; 
> 
> I am newbie to Mapserver, so maybe this is a naive question but I am
> doing my best to find a solution to serve raster data by using
> Mapserver.
> 
> I have MapServer 5.6.5, I have prepared my map server with WFS and WMS
> and I would like to serve GEOTIFF images with WCS 1.0.0 protocol.
> 
> I prepared a map file, with two layers to be served and I made a
> capabilities of the server:
> 
> http://domainserver/cgi-bin/mapserv?SERVICE=WCS&VERSION=1.0.0&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
> 
> The problem is that all metadata is full but there is no content for
> coverages ("identifiers" in v.1.1.0), that is, the content between
> ContentMetada labels is empty, 
> 
> <ContentMetadata>
> </ContentMetadata></WCS_Capabilities>
> 
> So I don't know what is happen, I made a probe like using shp2img to
> generate a image png from mapfile and it is done
> 
> My Mapfile (only one layer) looks like in the following way: 
> 
> 
> MAP
> 
>   NAME "xxxx Map Server"
>   SIZE  100 100   # NECESARIO PARA LA UTILIDAD shp2img 
>   UNITS DD
>   EXTENT -90 -90 90 90
>   DEBUG 5
>   CONFIG "CPL_DEBUG" "ON"
>   CONFIG "MS_ERRORFILE" "/tmp/mapserver.log" #a este fichero van
> mensajes de error!! (equivalent to set SetEnv MS_ERRORFILE
> "/tmp/mapserver.log" in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf)
>   PROJECTION
>    "init=epsg:4326"
>    END # end projection
> # Background color for the map canvas -- change as desired
>   IMAGECOLOR 192 192 192
>   IMAGEQUALITY 95
>   IMAGETYPE jpeg
> 
>   # Usamos el driver GDAL para crear el formato Ráster en modo IMAGEN
> RGB 
>   OUTPUTFORMAT
>    NAME GEOTIFF_RGB
>    DRIVER "GDAL/GTiff"
>    MIMETYPE "image/tiff"
>    IMAGEMODE RGB
>    EXTENSION 'tif'
>   END   #end outputformat
>  
>   # Legend
>   LEGEND
>       IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255
>       STATUS ON
>       KEYSIZE 18 12
>    LABEL
>       TYPE BITMAP
>       SIZE MEDIUM
>       COLOR 0 0 89
>     END #end label
>   END #end legend
> 
>   
>   # Web interface definition. Only the template parameter is required
> to display a map. See MapServer documentation
>   WEB
>   
>     # Set IMAGEPATH to the path where MapServer should write its
> output.
>     IMAGEPATH '/tmp/'
>     # Set IMAGEURL to the url that points to IMAGEPATH as defined in
> your web server configuration
>     IMAGEURL '/tmp/'
> 
>     # WCS server settings
>     METADATA
>       'wms_title'            'xxxx Map Server'
>       'wms_enable_request'   '*'
>       'ows_onlineresource'   'http://domainserver/cgi-bin/mapserv?'
>       #'ows_srs'             'CRS:84 EPSG:4326
> urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326 urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:3035 EPSG:3035
> EPSG:4258'
>       'ows title'            'Intamap WCS'
>       'ows_srs'              'CRS:84 EPSG:4326
> urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326'
>       'ows_abstract'         'Comentarios Blah Blah Blah'
>       #'ows_srs'             'EPSG:3035 urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:3035'
>       'wfs_title'            'xxxx WFS Server'
>       'wfs_onlineresource'   'http://domainserver/cgi-bin/wfs?'
>       'wfs_srs'              'EPSG:4326' ## Recommended
>       'wfs_abstract'         'Web Feature Service for the XXXX central
> geonode.' ## Recommended
>       'wfs_enable_request'   '*'
>       'wms_abstract'         'Web Map Service for the XXXX central
> geonode'
> ###### WCS  ################
>       'wcs_label'              'XXXX WCS Server' ### required for WCS
>       'wcs_title'              'XXX  Web Coverage Service Server'
>       'wcs_description'        'Web Coverage Service for the XXXX
> central geonode to serve coverages'
>       'wcs_onlineresource'     'http://domainserver/cgi-bin/wcs?'
>       'wcs_service_onlineresource' 'http://domainserver/cgi-bin/wcs?'
>       'wcs_fees'               'none'
>       'wcs_srs'                'EPSG:4326' ## Recommended
> #     'wcs_abstract'           'Web Coverage Service for the XXXXXX
> central geonode.' ## Recommended
>       'wcs_accessconstraints'  'none'
>       'wcs_keywordlist'        'WCS, TEXT, Coverage'
>       'wcs_metadatalink_format'  "text/plain" #tipo MIME para formato
> de ficheros 
>       'wcs_metadatalink_href'    "http://domainserver/catalog"  # URL
> al metadata
>       'wcs_metadatalink_type'    "TC211"   # standard que cumple el
> metadata
>       "wcs_address"              "124 Gilmour Street"
>       "wcs_city"                 "Ottawa"
>       "wcs_stateorprovince"      "ON"
>       "wcs_postcode"             "90210"
>       "wcs_country"              "Canada"
>       "wcs_contactelectronicmailaddress" "blah at blah"
>       "wcs_contactperson"            "me"
>       "wcs_contactorganization"      "unemployed"
>       "wcs_contactposition"          "manager"
>       "wcs_contactvoicetelephone"    "613-555-1234"
>       "wcs_contactfacimiletelephone" "613-555-1235"
> #      "wcs_service_onlineresource"
> "http://domainserver/cgi-bin/wcs?"
>       'wcs_enable_request'   '*'
>     END #end metadata
> 
>     #Scale range at which web interface will operate
>     # Template and header/footer settings
>     # Only the template parameter is required to display a map. See
> MapServer documentation
>   END #end web
> 
>   LAYER
>     NAME 'GLOBCORINE_Color'
>     TYPE RASTER
>     STATUS ON
>     METADATA
>        'wms_title'                'GLOBCORINE_2009'
> #      'ows_metadataurl_format'   'text/html'
> #      'ows_metadataurl_href'     'http://domainserver/catalog'
> #      'ows_metadataurl_type'     'TC211'
>       'wcs_label'                'GLOBCORINE 2009'
>       'wcs_formats'              'GEOTIFF'   
>       'wcs_enable_request'       '*'
>       'wcs_rangeset_name'        'Range 1'  ### required to support
> DescribeCoverage request
>       'wcs_rangeset_label'       'Globcorine 2009 classes' ###
> required to support DescribeCoverage request
>     END  #end metadata
>     DATA '/path/GLOBCORINE_Color.tif'
> #    PROJECTION
> #    'proj=longlat'
> #    'ellps=WGS84'
> #    'datum=WGS84'
> #    'no_defs'
> #    ''
> #    END #end projection
> 
> #    DUMP TRUE 
>   END  #end layer
> END #end map
> 
> 
> I have no xml capabilities file if I set DUMP TRUE in LAYER class,
> there is a internal server error according to Apache.
> 
> I don`t know if there is a problem with GDAL library or not. I am just
> be confussed 
> 
> Any help would be very appreciate. 
> 
> Thank you in advance
> 
> Jorge


Jorge,

AFAIK "DUMP True" is needed in MS 5.6.5 to enable WCS. Did you try to
enable debugging [1] to see what's causing the error? Depending on your
data you might need the to set "wcs_extent" metadata

cu
Stephan

[1] http://www.mapserver.org/optimization/debugging.html






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