[Qgis-user] seting up a wms server problems

[Ricardo Filipe Soares Garcia da]

Hello list

I've been trying to set up a wms server on my laptop for testing
purposes but I can't seem to make it work.
I'm using mapserver, having installed version 5.4.2 as supplied by the
ubuntugis-unstable repository for ubuntu 9.10, which is my operating
system.
I created the mapfile[1], tested the GetCapabilities request through a
web browser (it came out without any warnings) and I can see my map
through shp2img and also through a web browser[2]. However, I cannot
see it through Qgis. I am defining my wms server with the following
connection string:

http://pig/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/ricardo/Public/public_html/pig/mapfiles/teste.map

('pig' is just the name I gave to my apache virtual host, so that is
why it is there, instead of 'localhost')

I can connect to the server and see the available layers, but when I
select one layer to be loaded Qgis acts like it loaded the layer but I
get only a blank image that is not even showing up in the place that
it was supposed to.

Maybe this question would be better suited for the mapserver
mailing-list but I can see the map through a browser, so I am guessing
that my mistake is in the definition of the wms server inside Qgis...

Please note that I can use the default wms servers that come with Qgis
(the JPL, Lizardtech and DMSolutions) without any problem.

As a side note, I tried the same thing with Kosmo and the result was
the same. I can see the available layers but when I load a layer the
result is just a blank image. Through Kosmo I can even see the legend
of the map, which appears fine, showing my 2 classes and their color..

Thanks for helping me out


[1] - mapfile named teste.map follows:

# testes para mapfile para PIG
map
    name "nomeServWMS"
    status on
    size 800 600
    extent -89082.193 -100704.460 -88936.384 -100604.0546
    units meters
    imagecolor 255 0 255
    imagetype png
    projection
        "init=epsg:27492"
    end
    web
        imagepath "/home/ricardo/Public/public_html/pig/temp_images/"
        imageurl "/temp_images"
        log testes.log
        header "/home/ricardo/Public/public_html/pig/templates/header.html"
        template "/home/ricardo/Public/public_html/pig/templates/blank.html"
        footer "/home/ricardo/Public/public_html/pig/templates/footer.html"
	    metadata
	        wms_title "titulo do servico"
	        wms_abstract "pequena descricao do servico wms"
	        wms_onlineresource
"http://pig/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/ricardo/Public/public_html/pig/mapfiles/teste.map&"
	        wms_srs "epsg:27492"
	    end
	end
    layer
        name salasP1
        type polygon
        status on
        connectiontype postgis
        connection "host=localhost dbname=pigTeste user=gisuser
password=resusig"
        #data "the_geom from (select * from sala where pi_gid=1) as
salaP1 using unique sa_gid using srid=27492"
        data "the_geom from salasp1 using unique sa_gid using srid=27492"
        template "../templates/blank.html"
        dump true
        projection
            "init=epsg:27492"
        end
        metadata
            wms_title "salasP1tit"
            wms_abstract "Breve descricao"
            wms_keywordlist "teste"
            wms_srs "epsg:27492"
            wms_include_items "all"
            gml_include_items "all"
            wms_feature_info_mime_type "text/plain"
        end
        classitem "tipo"
        class
            name "WC"
            expression "Casa de banho"
            style
                color 232 232 232
                outlinecolor 0 0 0
            end
        end
        class
            name "Sala"
            expression "Sala"
            style
                color 255 0 0
                outlinecolor 0 0 0
            end
        end
    end
end


[2] - calling it as
http://pig/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/ricardo/Public/public_html/pig/mapfiles/teste.map&service=wms&mode=map&layer=salasP1

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