[mapserver-users] WFS bbox/intersect etc query from custom projection to EPSG:4326

Seth G sethg at geographika.co.uk
Wed Nov 24 07:32:16 PST 2021


Hi Sander,

Does adding a PROJECTION block to your LAYER have an effect?
Even if the layer projection is the same as the MAP I think I've run into a few combinations where setting explicitly on the layer helped.

Seth


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On Wed, Nov 24, 2021, at 2:01 PM, Sander Pukk wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> We have been running into an issue with WFS, EPSG:4326 and a filter (namely bbox) query.
> We have been using MapServer for years and the current version we have is 7.6.4.
> WMS and WFS are both enabled and WFS is configured for gml and geojson.
> 
> Our MapServer's main output is in EPSG:3301 projection and most of our clients use it like that.
> The bbox OGC WFS filters work in that projection and another more "robust" approach by limiting bbox into a 20x20 pixel square in the request.
> 
> Our MapServer can also function in the regular 4326 and 3857 in WMS and WFS.
> But one of our clients is doing their things in 4326 and we noticed an issue when querying WFS with a bbox/intersect filter in that projection.
> 
> *Main problem:
*Trying to reverse geocode from WFS service (capable of 3301, 4326 and 3857) where underlying data is in EPSG:3301 and request comes in 4326.
> The response should be in 4326, but the transformation does not work. (Obvious from the database SQL).
> Everything works in EPSG:3301.
> 
> I have obscured some URL and Layer names. 
> Our map file with a sample layer looks like this:
> MAP
> 
>   LEGEND
>     LABEL
>       TYPE truetype
>       FONT "Arial"
>       SIZE 10
>       POSITION AUTO
>     END
>   END
> 
>   NAME           "<%NAME%>_keskkond"
>   STATUS         ON
>   EXTENT         <%= node['mapserver']['extent'] %>
>   FONTSET        "<%= URL %>/fonts/current/fonts.list"
>   IMAGETYPE      "png"
>   DEFRESOLUTION 96
>   RESOLUTION    96
>   CONFIG "MS_ERRORFILE" "infolayer.log"
>   DEBUG 0
>   MAXSIZE 10000
>   OUTPUTFORMAT
>     NAME "png"
>     DRIVER AGG/PNG
>     MIMETYPE "image/png"
>     IMAGEMODE RGB
>     EXTENSION "png"
>     FORMATOPTION "QUANTIZE_FORCE=on"
>   END
> 
>   OUTPUTFORMAT
>     NAME "geojson"
>     DRIVER "OGR/GEOJSON"
>     MIMETYPE "application/json; subtype=geojson; charset=utf-8"
>     FORMATOPTION "STORAGE=filesystem"
>     FORMATOPTION "FORM=SIMPLE"
>   END
> 
>   WEB
>       METADATA
>         "wfs_title"                     "infolayer"
>         "wfs_enable_request"            "*"
>         "wfs_encoding"                  "UTF-8"
>         "wms_title"                     "infolayer"
>         "wms_encoding"                  "UTF-8"
>         "wms_onlineresource"            "/mapserv?map=/app/gis/infokihid/infolayer.map&"
>         "wfs_onlineresource"            "/mapserv?map=/app/gis/infokihid/infolayer.map&"
>         "ows_srs"                       "EPSG:3301 EPSG:3857 EPSG:4326"
>         "ows_enable_request"            "*"
>         "wfs_getfeature_formatlist"     "gml,geojson"
>         "wms_feature_info_mime_type"    "application/json,application/json; subtype=geojson,application/vnd.ogc.gml,text/plain"
>       END
>   END
> 
>   PROJECTION
>       "init=epsg:3301"
>   END
> 
> LAYER
>   TEMPLATE "dummy"
>     NAME "omavalitsus"    
>     STATUS off
>     TYPE polygon
>     CONNECTIONTYPE   POSTGIS
>     INCLUDE "postgis.inc"
>     DATA "geom from omavalitsus using unique gid using srid=3301"    
>     LABELITEM           "nimetus"
>     TYPE                polygon
>     MAXSCALEDENOM       2000000
> 
>     METADATA
>         "gml_msGeometry_type"   "polygon"
>         "wfs_title"             "omavalitsus"
>         "wms_title"             "omavalitsus"
>         "wfs_srs"               "EPSG:3301"
>         "wms_srs"               "EPSG:3301"
>         "wms_extent"            "355000 6360000 754000 6660000"
>         "gml_include_items"     "all"
>         "ows_include_items"     "all"
>         "wfs_srs"               "EPSG:3301"
>         "gml_featureid" "id"
>         "ows_featureid" "id"
>     END
> 
>     CLASS
>         NAME omavalitsus
>         STYLE
>             COLOR   234 123 43
>             OPACITY 15  
>         END
>         STYLE
>             WIDTH 2
>             OUTLINECOLOR 80 80 80
>             OPACITY 15
>         END
>     END
> END
> 
> 
> If we do a query without a bbox and want all the features, it works.
> 
> Example: 
> https://URL/mapserv?map=/app/gis/infokihid/infolayers_other.map&service=WFS&request=GetFeature&version=1.1.0&typename={{LAYER}}&outputformat=gml3&srsName=EPSG:4326 <https://url/mapserv?map=/app/gis/infokihid/infolayers_other.map&service=WFS&request=GetFeature&version=1.1.0&typename={{LAYER}}&outputformat=gml3&srsName=EPSG:4326>
> 
> WFS version 1.3.0 and 2.0.0
> But if we add a bbox in OGC filter format or bbox, then it does not work anymore:
> 
> Example:
> 
> https://URL/mapserv?map=/app/gis/infokihid/infolayers_other.map&service=WFS&request=GetFeature&version=1.1.0&typename={{LAYER}}&outputformat=gml3&srsName=EPSG:4326&bbox=24.753586,59.29725,24.773586,59.31725,urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326 <https://url/mapserv?map=/app/gis/infokihid/infolayers_other.map&service=WFS&request=GetFeature&version=1.1.0&typename={{LAYER}}&outputformat=gml3&srsName=EPSG:4326&bbox=24.753586,59.29725,24.773586,59.31725,urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326>
> 
> OR OGC
> 
> https://URL/mapserv?map=/app/gis/infokihid/infolayers_other.map&SERVICE=WFS&Version=2.0.0&REQUEST=GetFeature&typeNames={{LAYER}}&Filter= <https://url/mapserv?map=/app/gis/infokihid/infolayers_other.map&SERVICE=WFS&Version=2.0.0&REQUEST=GetFeature&typeNames={{LAYER}}&Filter=><Filter><contains><PropertyName>Geometry</PropertyName><gml:Point srsName="urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326"><gml:coordinates>25.035308,59.32675</gml:coordinates></gml:Point></contains></Filter>
> 
> 
> Some documentation hints that OGC filter needs to be in the same SRID as the underlying data so I guess that shouldn't be working.
> 
> SQL form the database where you can see the geom query part where transformation of geom contains/intersect etc happens, is is wrong:
> 
> select <<FIELDS>>,ST_AsBinary(("geom"),'NDR') as geom,"gid"::text from (select * from LAYER where kehtiv_alates < now() and (kehtiv_kuni > now() OR kehtiv_kuni is null)) as subquery where ("geom" && ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON((296500 6249000,296500 6761000,808500 6761000,808500 6249000,296500 6249000))',3301)) AND ST_Distance("geom", ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON((296500 6249000,296500 6761000,808500 6761000,808500 6249000,296500 6249000))',3301)) = 0 and (st_contains(geom,ST_GeomFromText('POINT (25.0353080000000006 59.3267499999999970)',3301)) = TRUE)
> 
> The contains should be:
> 
> (st_contains(geom,ST_TRANSFORM(ST_GeomFromText('POINT (25.0353080000000006 59.3267499999999970)',4326),3301))
> 
> One way to get a result is using WFS 1.0.0. It returns the result in EPSG:3301 but is correct.
> 
> https://URL/mapserv?map=/app/gis/infokihid/infolayers_other.map&service=WFS&request=GetFeature&version=1.0.0&typename={{LAYER}}&outputformat=gml3&srsName=EPSG:4326&bbox=24.753586,59.29725,24.773586,59.31725,urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326 <https://url/mapserv?map=/app/gis/infokihid/infolayers_other.map&service=WFS&request=GetFeature&version=1.0.0&typename={{LAYER}}&outputformat=gml3&srsName=EPSG:4326&bbox=24.753586,59.29725,24.773586,59.31725,urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326>
> 
> I have tried different OGC filters, but they all act the same when trying to do stuff in EPSG:4326.
> Tried different WFS versions, coordinate order in OGC filter/manual bbox etc.
> Even with the OGC filter being in EPSG:3301, but request in srs 4326.
> Have not yet managed to get it.
> 
> So my questions are:
>  1. Is there something wrong in our MAP/LAYER files? Do we need to change or add something?
>  2. Could/Should it be possible to do what we are trying to do, when the main projection is something different then all the request parameters?
> 
> Cheers,
> Sander
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