[mapserver-users] MapServer 6.0.1 ignoring WMS options?

[Armin Burger]

David

According to the WMS specs, BBOX parameters for getMap requests are 
comma-separated, you are using spaces only (url-encoded as %20). I would 
expect MS to return an exception instead of ignoring this.

armin

On 05/03/2012 21:20, David Miller wrote:
> Hi list!
>
> We have MapServer 6.0.1 installed on our Linux system (CentOS 5.7) and
> have encountered an issue where the WMS options (i.e. BBOX, HEIGHT,
> WIDTH) seem to be ignored for a GetMap request.  I have checked options
> for and output from running the configure script for building the
> executable.  The --with-proj and --with-wms options are specified
> (though one shouldn't need it if --with-proj is there correctly).
> Output from running the configure script indicates that the-DUSE_WMS_SVR
> compiler switch was on when compiling the mapwms.c code, which is where
> that becomes important.  I examined that code and it's here that
> MapServer first uses the extents in the mapfile as defaults but then
> adjusts that based on the BBOX, HEIGHT, and WIDTH options in the GetMap
> request.  Running -v on the resulting executable also indicates
> SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER.
>
> The call to MapServer does produce an image but for the entire EXTENT of
> the data that's specified in the mapfile.  Doesn't make any difference
> whether it's a raster or point layer.
>
> Example REQUEST:
>
> http://(our main site
> address)/cgi-bin/mapserv?REQUEST=GetMap&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&FORMAT=image%2Fpng&MODE=map&MAP=wxmap%2Fglmpvis.map&LAYERS=mosaic&SRS=EPSG%3A3857&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&STYLES=&BBOX=-13807095.590531%203308267.5857033%20-12241665.251469%204482340.3400001&WIDTH=640&HEIGHT=480
>
> First part of the mapfile:
>
> MAP
>     NAME "testgrib"
>     IMAGETYPE     PNG
>     EXTENT           -14000000 3000000 -7000000 7000000
>
> As you can see, the EXTENT in the mapfile are different than the BBOX
> values.  When I put the BBOX values in the EXTENT area in the mapfile,
> the image lines up with the map background as it should.
>
> So for some reason, it appears that something isn't being set correctly
> to allow our MapServer to accept standard WMS options.  Perhaps somehow,
> this value of USE_WMS_SVR in mapwms.c isn't getting set correctly?  But,
> by all the output we've checked, it looks like MapServer gets built
> correctly and to enable it as a WMS server.
>
> Anyone else with a similar issue or somewhere else we should check for a
> problem?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Dave M
>
>
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