Hi Micha, David and list I have the WMS working fine now! Micha's tip of adding an EXTENT field at the LAYER level solved it. Thanks a lot!
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:43 PM, David Fawcett <[email protected]> wrote: > Ricardo, > > This is probably a better question for the MapServer list, but I will > give it a shot: > > I would suggest creating a WMS request and testing it directly in a > browser. In your example URL[2], you are making a mode=map request, > not a WMS request. If you get this to work, you know that you have a > working WMS server. > > I am wondering if the issue with the WMS request not working is due to > the spatial reference system used by your QGIS project. > > David. > > On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Ricardo Filipe Soares Garcia da > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello list >> >> I've been trying to set up a wms server on my laptop for testing >> purposes but I can't seem to make it work. >> I'm using mapserver, having installed version 5.4.2 as supplied by the >> ubuntugis-unstable repository for ubuntu 9.10, which is my operating >> system. >> I created the mapfile[1], tested the GetCapabilities request through a >> web browser (it came out without any warnings) and I can see my map >> through shp2img and also through a web browser[2]. However, I cannot >> see it through Qgis. I am defining my wms server with the following >> connection string: >> >> http://pig/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/ricardo/Public/public_html/pig/mapfiles/teste.map >> >> ('pig' is just the name I gave to my apache virtual host, so that is >> why it is there, instead of 'localhost') >> >> I can connect to the server and see the available layers, but when I >> select one layer to be loaded Qgis acts like it loaded the layer but I >> get only a blank image that is not even showing up in the place that >> it was supposed to. >> >> Maybe this question would be better suited for the mapserver >> mailing-list but I can see the map through a browser, so I am guessing >> that my mistake is in the definition of the wms server inside Qgis... >> >> Please note that I can use the default wms servers that come with Qgis >> (the JPL, Lizardtech and DMSolutions) without any problem. >> >> As a side note, I tried the same thing with Kosmo and the result was >> the same. I can see the available layers but when I load a layer the >> result is just a blank image. Through Kosmo I can even see the legend >> of the map, which appears fine, showing my 2 classes and their color.. >> >> Thanks for helping me out >> >> >> [1] - mapfile named teste.map follows: >> >> # testes para mapfile para PIG >> map >> name "nomeServWMS" >> status on >> size 800 600 >> extent -89082.193 -100704.460 -88936.384 -100604.0546 >> units meters >> imagecolor 255 0 255 >> imagetype png >> projection >> "init=epsg:27492" >> end >> web >> imagepath "/home/ricardo/Public/public_html/pig/temp_images/" >> imageurl "/temp_images" >> log testes.log >> header "/home/ricardo/Public/public_html/pig/templates/header.html" >> template "/home/ricardo/Public/public_html/pig/templates/blank.html" >> footer "/home/ricardo/Public/public_html/pig/templates/footer.html" >> metadata >> wms_title "titulo do servico" >> wms_abstract "pequena descricao do servico wms" >> wms_onlineresource >> "http://pig/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/ricardo/Public/public_html/pig/mapfiles/teste.map&"; >> wms_srs "epsg:27492" >> end >> end >> layer >> name salasP1 >> type polygon >> status on >> connectiontype postgis >> connection "host=localhost dbname=pigTeste user=gisuser >> password=resusig" >> #data "the_geom from (select * from sala where pi_gid=1) as >> salaP1 using unique sa_gid using srid=27492" >> data "the_geom from salasp1 using unique sa_gid using srid=27492" >> template "../templates/blank.html" >> dump true >> projection >> "init=epsg:27492" >> end >> metadata >> wms_title "salasP1tit" >> wms_abstract "Breve descricao" >> wms_keywordlist "teste" >> wms_srs "epsg:27492" >> wms_include_items "all" >> gml_include_items "all" >> wms_feature_info_mime_type "text/plain" >> end >> classitem "tipo" >> class >> name "WC" >> expression "Casa de banho" >> style >> color 232 232 232 >> outlinecolor 0 0 0 >> end >> end >> class >> name "Sala" >> expression "Sala" >> style >> color 255 0 0 >> outlinecolor 0 0 0 >> end >> end >> end >> end >> >> >> [2] - calling it as >> http://pig/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/ricardo/Public/public_html/pig/mapfiles/teste.map&service=wms&mode=map&layer=salasP1 >> >> -- >> ___________________________ ___ __ >> Ricardo Garcia Silva >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> > -- ___________________________ ___ __ Ricardo Garcia Silva _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
