Update: Mapserver layer works correctly, albeit with some major alignment issues lol.
On 14/12/2007, Bradley McLain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So I have been using a lax enforcement of WMS for a while then lol. > > So if I have understood correctly then if I correctly specify these > details in the mapfile itself then if a parameter is blank it should default > to that? Thereby avoiding any errors? > > I am hoping that that will fix the problem since I don't have many of > these things specified as I was using only the bare essentials before. > > I will try this and also try a mapserver layer too, to do some tests and > get back to you. > > Where can I access the webserver's access_log? > > Cheers > > Brad > > PS: Question was posted to OpenLayers lists as well > > On 14/12/2007, Gregor Mosheh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Bradley McLain wrote: > > > I got it to > > > finally display again using the request shown below: > > > > http://192.168.1.130/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/var/www/mapfiles/mswmsrq.map&service=wms&version=1.1.1&request=getmap&SRS=EPSG:4326&layers=grap,grcad,cadbd,propbd,fmbl,varbl&BBOX=144.841,-34.5838,146.344,-34.0477&format=image/png&width=800&height=600&styles= > > > > > > > > Seems pretty normal to me. A styles param is optional, and it's normal > > for a WMS client to include a blank styles param. Don't worry about > > that. > > > > It's also very normal to require the width, height, bbox, and SRS, and > > format. If it was working before without them, defaulting to whatever > > was in the mapfile, then that was a lax enforcement of WMS standard and > > you should be glad it's been fixed. ;) > > > > > > > Despite this I cannot get WMS requests out of OpenLayers to work at > > all, > > > even adding all of the extra parameters it is asking for. > > > > Since WMS seems to be working, this must be an OpenLayers issue. > > Fortunately, I use OpenLayers and Mapserver-WMS all the time; MapServer > > is my favorite WMS server. :) > > > > So, you should probably take this up on the OpenLayers list (of which > > several of us are also members) as being OL failing to load an > > otherwise-functioning WMS layer. > > > > The first things I would ask from a OL perspective: > > * Have you tried OpenLayers.Layer.MapServer and gotten the same results? > > * Have you watched the webserver's access_log and then tried pasting > > those URLs into your browser? That's my #1 debugging method. > > > > And if you can make the server and the map accessible, that would go a > > long way towards us being able to guess what's going on. > > > > -- > > Gregor Mosheh / Greg Allensworth > > System Administrator, HostGIS cartographic development & hosting > > services > > http://www.HostGIS.com/ > > > > "Remember that no one cares if you can back up, > > only if you can restore." - AMANDA > > > >
