[OSGeo-Standards] WMS-C and Capabilities
Jody Garnett
jgarnett at refractions.net
Mon Aug 25 18:15:29 EDT 2008
Just a quick confirmation; the WMS-C page here:
- http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/WMS_Tiling_Client_Recommendation
Has confused a couple implementations; my understanding is this
specification talks about adding to the VendorSpecificCapabilities of an
existing WMS server a section describing the available TileSets.
Can we change the "Example VendorSpecificCapabilities" to make it really
obvious what is expected...right now I have servers returning:
http://sigma.openplans.org/geowebcache/service/wms?request=getcapabilities
> <WMT_MS_Capabilities version="1.1.1" updateSequence="0">
> <VendorSpecificCapabilities>
> <TileSet><SRS>EPSG:4326</SRS><BoundingBox srs="EPSG:4326"
> minx="-180.0" miny="-90.0" maxx="180.0" maxy="90.0" />
> ....
> </TileSet>
> </VendorSpecificCapabilities>
> </WMT_MS_Capabilities>
Which is not enough information for clients (ie uDig) to fetch Titles
and Layer information. WMS-C is not a standalone server; it is an
additional ability added to an existing WMS server.
Cheers,
Jody
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