On Jan 26, 2010, at 12:56 AM, [email protected] wrote:

> In tracebacks, the most helpful information is often at the end. Here,
> it says: 'Layer "world" not defined.' which is pretty clear (that's
> not always the case). I think your XML configuration file does not
> have any layer name "world" whereas your request shows LAYERS=world
> amond other parameters.

Exactly, the layer in demo XML file 
(http://trac.mapnik.org/wiki/XMLGettingStarted#WorldPopulationXML 
) is called 'countries':

<Layer name="countries" srs="+proj=latlong +datum=WGS84" status="on">

>
> If you need to test your WMS connection, I recommand you use a WMS
> client. There are several OpenSource options: QGIS or uDig would fit.
> Such software will handle all the necessary parameters.

Note that uDIG's GetCapabilities requests do not work currently with  
the OGCServer, but if set up correctly the OGCServer and QGIS work  
nicely together.


Dane
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