[Qgis-user] How to connect at italian Geoportale nazionale and download shape files

[Salvatore Larosa]

Hi,

On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 7:36 PM, Lodi Segat <idefixforever at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have installed qgis 2.8.1 on PC with Vista Business picking up the
> istallation file from the site http://www.qgis.org/it/site/ some time
> ago. I want to download shape file from italian Geoportale nazionale
> using wfs services at the URL
> http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/GN/accesso-ai-servizi/servizi-di-download/wfs
> but it doesn't work.
> For example I try to add the url
> http://wms.pcn.minambiente.it/ogc?map=/ms_ogc/wfs/Carta_ecopedologica.map
> in the field URL in "add new wms connection" menu and than clic on
> "connect" the software returns this message:
>
> anziché la stringa delle capabilities, è stata ricevuta la la seguente risposta:
>
> Impossibile ottenere le WMS capabilities: unexpected character alla
> linea 2 colonna 2
> Questo è probabilmente dovuto ad un URL non corretto per il server WMS.
> La risposta è stata:
>
> <br />
> <b>Fatal error</b>:  Call to a member function getElementsByTagName()
> on a non-object in <b>C:\ms4w\Apache\htdocs\ogc</b> on line
> <b>174</b><br />
>
> Where is my mistake?

it looks like you are trying to connect to a WFS service by the WMS
client of QGIS.
Please try to add the layer by the WFS client tool of QGIS and it
should to work.

Regards,
-SL

> It is better to ask this to an Italian expert of Qgis?
> thank you
> Lodi Segat
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