[OpenLayers-Users] Trouble getting mapserver WMS layer to load in OL

Roger André randre at gmail.com
Wed Apr 30 17:02:10 EDT 2008


Thanks for the help with this.  It appears that the problem I was having was
due to the lack of having a declared projection in my OpenLayers.Map.  The
following, along with a declared projection in the MAP portion of my
mapfile, and a "wms_srs" parameter set in the WEB section of the mapfile
seems to work well.

var map = new OpenLayers.Map('map',

                  {    maxExtent: new
OpenLayers.Bounds(716805.363551,570361.299368,832620.878780,660361.288174),
                    units: 'feet',
                    projection: "epsg:2286",
                    maxResolution: 'auto',
                    numZoomLevels: 16,
                    controls: []
                  });
var wetlands = new OpenLayers.Layer.MapServer('wetland_test', '
http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?',
                  {    map: '/var/www/520_webmap/mapfiles/520_ECP.map',
                       layers: 'Wetlands',
                       format: 'image/png',
                  },
                  {buffer: 0, gutter: 15})
-------------------

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Arnd Wippermann <arnd.wippermann at web.de>
wrote:

>  Hi Roger,
>
> you must declare the right projection for your map. Without any option the
> projection OpenLayers will use is EPSG:4326 with -180,-90,180,90 as extent.
> So the response of the WMS request is all right, if you get blank tiles.
>
> Try something like this:
>
>     var options = {
>         projection: "EPSG:2286",
>         //perhaps also
>         //maxResolution: ....
>         units: "m",
>         maxZoomLevel  : 16,
>         //if set you must add your controls manuel after the map
> declaration
>         //controls      : [],
>         numZoomLevels : 16,
>         //this is a guess
>         maxExtent: new OpenLayers.Bounds(500000, 500000, 1000000, 1000000)
>     };
>     map  = new OpenLayers.Map('map',  options);
> With maxResolution I am not all clear. I always set it. For Google it is
> 156543.0339.
>
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüssen
>
> Arnd Wippermann
> http://gis.ibbeck.de/ginfo/
>
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *Von:* users-bounces at openlayers.org [mailto:users-bounces at openlayers.org]
> *Im Auftrag von *Roger André
> *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 03:49
> *An:* users at openlayers.org
> *Betreff:* [OpenLayers-Users] Trouble getting mapserver WMS layer to load
> in OL
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm a new user of Mapserver and am having a hard time with getting layers
> from a new mapfile to load in OpenLayers.  I've tested that my local
> mapserver install is responding correctly to WMS requests, and it seems to
> work correctly.  Here is the request, with some linebreaks for clarity;
>
>
> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/var/www/520_webmap/mapfiles/520_ECP.map
> &SERVICE=WMS
> &version=%221.1.122
> &REQUEST=GetMap
> &LAYERS=Wetlands
> &STYLES=
> &BBOX=775843.302946,602429.871045,848438.746010,635418.446144
> &WIDTH=600
> &HEIGHT=400
> &FORMAT=png
> &SRS=epsg:2286
>
> This returns an image that contains all of the layers which are active at
> the scale of the BBOX area.  However, I cannot seem to find the right syntax
> to get the layer to load into OpenLayers.  I have taken one of the test.html
> files, the one for a single wms, and have tested that it works with my
> openlayers.js install.  This is that file:
> -----------------------
> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
>   <head>
>     <title>OpenLayers Basic Single WMS Example</title>
>     <link rel="stylesheet" href="../theme/default/style.css"
> type="text/css" />
>     <style type="text/css">
>         #map {
>             width: 512px;
>             height: 512px;
>             border: 1px solid black;
>         }
>     </style>
>     <script src="
> http://localhost:8080/geoserver/www/openlayers/OpenLayers.js"></script>
>     <script type="text/javascript">
>         var map, layer;
>         function init(){
>             map = new OpenLayers.Map( 'map' );
>             layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS( "OpenLayers WMS",
>                     "http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0",
>                     {layers: 'basic'} );
>             map.addLayer(layer);
>             map.zoomToMaxExtent();
>         }
>     </script>
>   </head>
>   <body onload="init()">
>     <h1 id="title">Basic Single WMS Example</h1>
>
>     <div id="tags"></div>
>
>     <div id="shortdesc">Show a Simple Map</div>
>
>     <div id="map"></div>
>
>     <div id="docs">
>         This example shows a very simple layout with minimal controls.
> This example uses a single WMS base layer.
>     </div>
>   </body>
> </html>
> ------------------------------
>
> No matter how I edit the file though, when I point to my localhost
> mapserver instance, I just get an empty map frame, with no map controls, or
> anything inside of it.  Right now the layer portion looks like this:
>
>     <script type="text/javascript">
>         var map, layer;
>         function init(){
>             map = new OpenLayers.Map('map',
>                                         {    maxExtent: new
> OpenLayers.Bounds(775843.302946,602429.871045,848438.746010,635418.446144),
>                                             maxResolution: "auto",
>                                             projection:"SRS_not_defined"
>                                         } );
>                         layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS(    '520_WebMap',
>
>                                         "http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv
> ?",
>                                         {    layers: 'Wetlands',
>                                             map:
> 'map=/var/www/520_webmap/mapfiles/520_ECP.map',
>                                             format: 'image/png',
>                                             request: 'getmap',
>                                             transparent: "false"
>                                         });
>                         map.addLayer(layer);
>             map.zoomToMaxExtent();
>     </script>
>
> I'm hoping one of you has encountered a similar problem and can give me
> some advice for how to resolve it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roger
>
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