Dear all, I am working on an application that uses coverages from different services. I am using WCS 1.1.1, that is kind of supported by both MapServer and GeoServer.
For each coverage I must fetch information on the available CRSs, the WGS84 bounding box and so forth. MapServer reports all this metadata in the DescribeCoverage response, but GeoServer spreads it between the GetCapabilities and DescribeCoverage responses. Thus for Geoserver I must execute both requests and then merge the metadata. However, there is a major problem with the responses returned by GeoServer: different coverage identifiers are reported in each request. Take for example the response to this GetCapabilities: http://extragisqa.gent.be/geoserver/Gent/ows?SERVICE=WCS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities It advertises a coverage with the identifier "dsm2003": <wcs:CoverageSummary> <ows:Title>DSM Gent 2003 2.5m</ows:Title> <ows:Abstract>Generated from GeoTIFF</ows:Abstract> <ows:Keywords> <ows:Keyword>WCS</ows:Keyword> <ows:Keyword>GeoTIFF</ows:Keyword> <ows:Keyword>DSM_ghent_2.5m_buildings_2003</ows:Keyword> </ows:Keywords> <ows:WGS84BoundingBox> <ows:LowerCorner>3.552395176113043 50.972191859666644</ows:LowerCorner> <ows:UpperCorner>3.8693954783075153 51.1896845261209</ows:UpperCorner> </ows:WGS84BoundingBox> <wcs:Identifier>dsm2003</wcs:Identifier> </wcs:CoverageSummary> Then issuing a DescribeCoverage request: http://extragisqa.gent.be/geoserver/Gent/ows?SERVICE=WCS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=DescribeCoverage&IDENTIFIERS=dsm2003 This coverage is now identified as "Gent:dsm2003": <wcs:CoverageDescription> <ows:Title>DSM Gent 2003 2.5m</ows:Title> <ows:Abstract>Generated from GeoTIFF</ows:Abstract> <ows:Keywords> <ows:Keyword>WCS</ows:Keyword> <ows:Keyword>GeoTIFF</ows:Keyword> <ows:Keyword>DSM_ghent_2.5m_buildings_2003</ows:Keyword> </ows:Keywords> <wcs:Identifier>Gent:dsm2003</wcs:Identifier> With different identifiers it is not possible to merge the metadata. For starters, I would like to know if there is a way to fix this. Could this be caused by something wrong with the configuration? Or is it a bug? Could an upgrade solve it? I do not have direct access to this GeoServer instance, but it seems to be running version 6.4.3. A secondary question would concern the spread of metadata across both responses. Why isn't information such as the WGS84 bounding box, for instance, reported in the DescribeCoverage response? Any clarifications are welcome. Thank you for reading, Luís ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users
