[Live-demo] WMS Demo Server down

[Frank Gasdorf]

This makes sense ;) We initially copied the quickstart guide from udig docs
(walkthrought 1) to minimize effort.

I hope I can change it till end of next week

Cheers
- Frank


2013/7/13 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>

>  Hi Frank,
> OSGeo-Live is designed to work when OSGeo-Live is not connected to the
> internet.
> As such, the UDig quickstart should reference WMS services that are
> already installed, probably the mapserver WMS (which doesn't require java
> to be started first).
>
>
> On 13/07/2013 7:16 AM, Frank Gasdorf wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>  My Name is Frank Gasdorf and I'm updating and testing the uDIG
> Quickstart Guide for upcoming OSGeo Live Release 7.0 (
> adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/quickstart/udig_quickstart.html)
>
>  In this quickstart we referenced your WMS demo server to add WMS Layers
> to the uDig map since several years.
>
>  Unfortunately the service URL response HTTP 503 - Service Temporarily
> unavailable for the following URL :
> http://www2.dmsolutions.ca/cgi-bin/mswms_gmap?Service=WMS&VERSION=1.1.0&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
>
>  Like I've seen this URL is referenced in many OSGeo Projects like
> Openlayers.
>
>  It would be great if you could kick your server and bring this service
> back online. However if you have decided to shut it down let us know so we
> can update the quickstart-guide for OSGeo Live.
>
>  Thanks in advance and let me know how it goes,
>
>  Cheers,
> Frank
>
>
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