I think it is a bad idea to default to a certain version in GetMap. Version is a required parameter and an exception should be thrown if a version is not known. Also to avoid issues that Yves M has raised.
Bart Sent from my iPhone On Nov 10, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Yves Moisan <yves.moi...@boreal-is.com> wrote: > Le 2010-11-09 21:48, Jeff McKenna a écrit : >> >> Hello Yves, > Hi Jeff, >> >> Some related thoughts: >> >> - related ticket for configuring default WMS version: >> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3444 ...please add yourself to the CC >> list of that ticket and join in the discussions and testing and feedback, >> thanks > I added myself in the cc list. The description of that ticket says "For > example in WMS if the version parameter is not set, MapServer usually > defaults to the latest supported version (1.3.0)." If I read this correctly, > if I change MapServer from 5.2.x to 5.6 and I happen to be working with EPSG > codes that have their axes flipped between 1.1.1 and 1.3.0, my WMS requests > won't work anymore IF i didn't specify a version number. Ouch. > > Also, what happens if I specify a non existent, but valid, number like 1.2222 > ? I know an image is an image as Jukka mentioned, but how do I know how > MapServer interpreted my faulty version number ? Does it default to the > latest supported version too ? > >> - doc pointers: >> http://www.mapserver.org/ogc/wms_server.html#wms-1-3-0-support >> ...specifically see the 2 working 1.3.0 example requests there > > I've seen those. I can see the request parameters all right, it's just that > I'm not sure how MapServer reacts. I know it chokes if I send VERSION=abc, > but it will send me an image whatever I use for a version number as long as > it is of the forms x.y or x.y.z. VERSION=1234.4567.890 will work ! Because > I get only an image back, how do I know how MS handled the request ? Is > there a response header I'm missing somewhere ? > > Thanx. > > Yves > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
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