[mapserver-users] I've been accused of not using things the way they were intended, but . . . can a getcapabilities request be run through the MapServer TEMPLATE for output?

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Bob,

Seems like this is trivial to do with a Perl wrapper.
Make a Perl script that makes a mapserver GetCapabilities request and 
suck that into XML and reformat how you like.

-Steve W

On 1/28/2013 12:29 PM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) wrote:
> Brent,
>
> Pretty much as you describe . . .
>
> I want a list of layers but in my own form (Not OGC), specifically, I’ve
> used a TEMPLATE in the past to output LISP code that I can run in
> AutoCAD as an executable, sort of a poor man’s importer for raster
> images.  This has been working for over a decade now, but each layer has
> to be set up individually in the current architecture.  The next leap
> forward would be to read a layer list from (??) the web as a service,
> and have the list pop out as a LISP construct for use in AutoCAD for
> choosing of layers.  Right now we hand build a somewhat static dialog in
> AutoCAD to do this.
>
> The bigger goal, is to be able to add to the MapServer / GeoMoose data
> stores and have the new content appear automatically in the AutoCAD
> session as a new list item.  I can write a intermediate helper app to
> read our GeoMoose MapBook for example and then send back the AutoLisp
> construct, but I was wondering if there were a way around this
> intermediate piece, but with a TEMPLATING capability.  In the end it’s
> probably more flexible to go the helper app route, but . . .???
>
> Bobb
>
> *From:*Brent Fraser [mailto:bfraser at geoanalytic.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, January 28, 2013 11:20 AM
> *To:* Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)
> *Cc:* mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [mapserver-users] I've been accused of not using things
> the way they were intended, but . . . can a getcapabilities request be
> run through the MapServer TEMPLATE for output?
>
> Bob,
>
>    I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to do (on the mapserver
> side or the Autocad side!).  Do you want mapserver to return a list of
> layers (when sent an OGC GetCapabilities or equivalent non-standard
> request) in a format of your choosing, similar to the way
> template-driven output
> (http://mapserver.org/output/template_output.html) returns feature info
> in a custom format ?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Brent Fraser
>
> On 1/28/2013 8:02 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) wrote:
>
>     All,
>
>     So, I was thinking about adding support for Raster pulling from
>     AutoCAD work sessions directly.  We’ve had this capability in place
>     for a number of years using MapServer calls to each layer
>     individually.  I’m researching the idea of rebuilding the importing
>     routines but with the added functionality of reading a
>     getcapabilities call to flesh out the listing of the available
>     layers in the server.  Yes I know there is a FDO provider in
>     AutoCAD, but that is only available in Map and Civil, not regular
>     AutoCAD (or ARCH, still??) Versions which we also support.
>
>     First thought was to build a XML parser as a separate web service,
>     that would make the call(s) to mapserver.  This would output the
>     data in a AutoCAD readable form such as AutoLISP.  Another thought
>     was to read our GeoMoose MapBook, an XML file, for listing out the
>     available layers behind MapServer, this has the advantage of using
>     our existing tools and methods for access the data and it would be
>     completely automated with the GeoMoose MapBook becoming the master
>     data catalog.
>
>     Whatever comes of this will also be eventually morphed into a
>     Feature importer (WFS, etc) as well, which we also already have in
>     place, but in a manner that could be improved.
>
>     So, back to the question, can a XML return from MapServer be passed
>     through a TEMPLATE to change the output?
>
>     Thanks
>
>     Bobb
>
>
>
>
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