Oh, wow, thanks to adding the wfs_extent and fixing a few other mistakes I found, I actually got it to work!
Thanks a lot for the quick answers! Regards, Jelmer Baas > -----Original Message----- > From: Rahkonen Jukka [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: vrijdag 19 augustus 2011 12:41 > To: Jelmer Baas; '[email protected]' > Subject: Re: Error with WFS request from MapInfo > > Hi, > > You can also try to add this to LAYER > wfs_extent > > Description: (Optional) Used for the layer's BoundingBox tag for cases > where it is impossible (or very inefficient) for MapServer to probe the data > source to figure its extents. The value for this metadata is "minx miny maxx > maxy" separated by spaces, with the values in the layer's projection units. If > wfs_extent is provided then it has priority and MapServer will NOT try to > read the source file's extents. > > And of course you should always be the boss and test with the basic hand > written requests first before letting the GIS client to add for the > complexity. > Something like these: > > http://myserver.xx/cgi- > bin/mapserv.exe?service=wfs&version=1.0.0&request=getCapabilities&map > =path/to/the/wfs.map > http://myserver.xx/cgi- > bin/mapserv.exe?service=wfs&version=1.0.0&request=DescribeFeatureTyp > e&typeName=mytest&map=path/to/the/wfs.map > http://myserver.xx/cgi- > bin/mapserv.exe?service=wfs&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeNa > me=mytest&maxFeatures=10&map=path/to/the/wfs.map > > -Jukka Rahkonen- > > > -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- > > Lähettäjä: Jelmer Baas [mailto:[email protected]] > > Lähetetty: 19. elokuuta 2011 12:45 > > Vastaanottaja: Rahkonen Jukka; '[email protected]' > > Aihe: RE: Error with WFS request from MapInfo > > > > Jukka, > > > > Thanks for your pointers, I'll check out other WFS servers > > and see how far I get. I did add the extent as EXTENT -180 > > -90 180 90 in the map file but that doesn't seem to change anything. > > > > Regards > > Jelmer Baas > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Rahkonen Jukka [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: vrijdag 19 augustus 2011 11:05 > > > To: Jelmer Baas; '[email protected]' > > > Subject: Re: Error with WFS request from MapInfo > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I would start by addind EXTENT to MAP level. WFS 1.0.0 does > > not support > > > reprojection so select the desired output srsName and use > > that as map level > > > PROJECTION. Express extents to suit that projection. > > > > > > Mapserver has been pretty poor WFS server for real GIS > > clients but it is > > > getting better. However, I cannot promise you any amazing > > interoperability. > > > At least I would recommend you to update to 6.0. If you > > want to get some > > > good feelings about WFS consider having a try with TinyOWS > > first. It works > > > only with PostGIS (v. 1.5 or higher) but that looks to be > > OK for you. I have > > > managed to read features from TinyOWS with Kosmo GIS, > > gvSIG, QGis, uDig, > > > ArcGIS, MapInfo, Gaia, SIS Map Browser and iGeoDesktop. > > With some clients > > > even attribute and spatial filters work. Come back to > > Mapserver WFS later > > > and start making bug reports. Glad that you learned already > > to study the > > > POST traffic, it is really a must with WFS debugging. I am > > using Fiddler for that > > > purpose. > > > > > > MapInfo seems to send a most basic WFS call (or stupid, > > just orders the > > > whole layer from you) so that should not be a trouble in > > this case. Once you > > > get the extents corrected you can continue and wait excited > > if MapInfo will > > > have troubles with checking the schemas and parsing the GML > > that comes > > > from Mapserver. > > > > > > -Jukka Rahkonen- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- > > > > Lähettäjä: [email protected] > > > > [mailto:[email protected]] Puolesta > > Jelmer Baas > > > > Lähetetty: 19. elokuuta 2011 11:26 > > > > Vastaanottaja: [email protected] > > > > Aihe: [mapserver-users] Error with WFS request from MapInfo > > > > > > > > Hello list, > > > > > > > > I've been struggling with this issue for a while, now. When I > > > > try to add a WFS layer in MapInfo, I receive the following > > > > error (from the mapserver logfile): > > > > prepare_database(): Query error. Error declaring cursor: > > > > ERROR: BOX3D parser - couldnt parse. It should look like: > > > > BOX3D(xmin ymin zmin,xmax ymax zmax) or BOX3D(xmin ymin,xmax > > > ymax) > > > > LINE 1: ...:text from pandactueel WHERE geometrie && > > > > setSRID('BOX3D(-1.... > > > > ^ > > > > > > > > With query string: DECLARE mycursor BINARY CURSOR FOR SELECT > > > > asbinary(force_collection(force_2d(geo)),'NDR'),oid::text > > > > from mytable WHERE geo && setSRID('BOX3D(-1.#INF > > > > -1.#INF,1390604146415.56 -16080812.3872859)'::BOX3D, 28992 ) > > > > > > > > The layer itself works, via normal GetMap requests. > > > > > > > > This is my mapfile: > > > > > > > > MAP > > > > NAME TEST > > > > STATUS ON > > > > UNITS meters > > > > FONTSET "fontset.txt" > > > > DEBUG 5 > > > > CONFIG "MS_ERRORFILE" "c:\temp\mapserver.log" > > > > IMAGECOLOR 255 55 255 > > > > OUTPUTFORMAT > > > > NAME aggpng24 > > > > DRIVER AGG/PNG > > > > TRANSPARENT ON > > > > IMAGEMODE RGBA > > > > MIMETYPE "image/png" > > > > EXTENSION "png" > > > > END > > > > > > > > WEB > > > > METADATA > > > > "wms_title" "TEST" > > > > "wfs_title" "TEST" > > > > "wms_srs" "epsg:4326 epsg:900913" > > > > "wfs_srs" "epsg:4326 epsg:900913" > > > > "wms_onlineresource" "***" > > > > "wfs_onlineresource" "***" > > > > END # METADATA > > > > END #web > > > > > > > > > > > > SYMBOLSET "symbols_mapinfo2.sym" > > > > PROJECTION > > > > "init=epsg:4326" > > > > END > > > > LAYER > > > > TYPE POLYGON > > > > STATUS ON > > > > DUMP TRUE > > > > CONNECTIONTYPE POSTGIS > > > > CONNECTION "host=localhost dbname=TEST user=postgres > > > > password=*** port=5432" > > > > DATA "geo from mytable using unique oid using > > srid=28992" > > > > NAME mytest > > > > CLASS > > > > NAME " mytest " > > > > STYLE > > > > COLOR 0 0 250 > > > > OUTLINECOLOR 0 250 0 > > > > END > > > > END > > > > PROJECTION > > > > "init=epsg:28992" > > > > END > > > > MINSCALE 1 > > > > MAXSCALE 80000000 > > > > METADATA > > > > "wms_title" " mytest " > > > > "wms_srs" "epsg:4326 epsg:900913" > > > > "wfs_title" " mytest " > > > > "wfs_srs" "epsg:4326 epsg:900913" > > > > "gml_featureid" "oid" > > > > "gml_include_items" "all" > > > > END # METADATA > > > > END > > > > END # Map File > > > > > > > > > > > > MapInfo sends its requests as post (I'd prefer get...) and > > > > after using a packet sniffer I found out it sends this: > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > > > <GetFeature version="1.0.0" service="WFS" outputFormat="GML2" > > > > xmlns:ms="http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/mapserver"; > > > > xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"; > > > > xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"; > > > > xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"; > > > > xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/wfs > > > > ../wfs/1.0.0/WFS-basic.xsd" > > > > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";><Query > > > > typeName=" mytest"/></GetFeature> > > > > > > > > I use MapServer version 5.4.2, by the way. > > > > > > > > Can anyone tell me what I'm missing? Should I add extends in > > > > the MapFile or something? And where do those weird numbers come > > > from? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Jelmer Baas > > > > Speer IT B.V. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > mapserver-users mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
