[Qgis-developer] Re: experimental win32-SVN-HEAD-snapshots

[Radim Blazek]

On 8/29/06, Stephan Holl <holl at gdf-hannover.de> wrote:
> Hello Radim,
>
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:04:17 +0200 "Radim Blazek"
> <radim.blazek at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 8/29/06, Radim Blazek <radim.blazek at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > The problem is that WMS provider gets the srs.db path
> > > from static QgsApplication::srsDbFilePath() which is
> > > inited in main(). WMS provider on Windows was built with staticaly
> > > linked core library and so the path was incorrect.
> > > Unfortunately if I used CORE_DLL the provider fails to load
> > > (QLibrary::open). I found that this works:
> > >   $(CORE_A) $(GUI_DLL)
> > > Yes, strange because QgsApplication is in core library so it
> > > should not work! Another strange thing is that OGR provider
> > > loads if compiled with DLL. I have submitted to SVN but
> > > it is not final solution.
> >
> > Correction: WMS provider gets SRS via QgsSpatialRefSys
> > which is in gui lib, so it works as it should. Still no explanation
> > why it fails to load when compiled with core dll.
> >
> > BTW, WMS should work? I cannot get anything displayed with
> > http://www.mpasol.it/cgi-bin/wmsdemo.php?request=GetCapabilities&SERVICE=WMS
> >
> > Do you have some free WMS service which works?
>
> I have successfully tried (even with the srs.db-error popping up in
> win32) the WMS services from DEMIS or NASA Onearth:
>
>         http://www.demis.nl/wms/wms.asp?
>         http://wms.jpl.nasa.gov/wms.cgi?

OK, works on Windows.

Radim

> Perhaps they work for you?!
>
> Thanks for finding the bug in linking the paths of the srs.db, even if
> the reason is not explainable...
>
> I will update my experimental win32-build.
>
>
> Best regards
>
>         Stephan
>
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