[Qgis-user] getting started with qgis server - countries layer not showing

[Janneke van Dijk]

Dear list,

I am following along with the (testing) QGIS server guide/manual hoping 
I can get QGIS server to work on my windows laptop, using 
https://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/server_manual/getting_started.html 
. I've installed XAMPP, and

http://localhost/cgi-bin/qgis_mapserv.fcgi.exe?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.3.0&REQUEST=GetCapabilities

seems to be working (I get the capabilities).

I then downloaded the training data (as instructed) from

https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Training-Data/archive/v2.0.zip

and unzipped them into a folder and set the QGIS_PROJECT_FILE variable 
to point to the world.qgs file. The guide continues with:

http://localhost/qgisserver?
   MAP=/home/qgis/projects/world.qgs&
   LAYERS=countries&
   SERVICE=WMS&
   REQUEST=GetMap&
   CRS=EPSG:4326&
   WIDTH=400&
   HEIGHT=200

In Firefox, when I adjust that to:

https://localhost/cgi-bin/qgis_mapserv.fcgi.exe?LAYERS=airports&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&CRS=EPSG:4326&WIDTH=400&HEIGHT=200

I get a white rectangle with some airplanes in the top left corner - I 
think that means success (for now at least).

When I replace 'airports' with 'places' it shows the same rectangle, but 
with circles in the top left corner - also success, more or less.

When I replace 'airports' with 'countries' I only get to see the white 
rectangle, and no countries. What could be the reason that I do not get 
to see the countries? How do I go about troubleshooting this? When I 
open the project file directly in QGIS I get to see all the layers and 
they all look as I would expect them to look.

When I open a separate qgis desktop blank project, and start adding the 
layers as WMS I have other issues:

adding each layer with epsg:3857 the layers overlay nicely with each 
other and a google hybrid layer. Adding them with epsg:4326 (and setting 
the project CRS to 4326) it seems as if the map gets squeezed from the 
sides, so the world map looks higher than it is wide (in the example in 
the tutorial it's wider than it's tall). When trying to zoom in on 
Europe it will 'jump' to Asia.

This seems to suggest that the WMS is more or less working (it can be 
reached from the browser) but it needs certain settings to work 
properly? I am entirely new to QGIS server and any pointers to 
understand what it is that I'm looking for would be greatly appreciated. 
Does anyone else working with the same data manage to display the 
countries layer in a browser?

Working with qgis server and desktop LTR from OSGeo4W64 on Windows 10.

Thanks,

Janneke




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