On Sunday 06 January 2008, nelson guda wrote: > It works! Thanks much! > That was definitely the issue. Thanks also to Josh for spending a > lot of time trying to help me figure this out. > > Here is a summary of the problem for the record: > > I was trying to get the WMS GetFeatureInfo request working on my > > mapserver copy. I kept getting a response that looked like this: > > GetFeatureInfo results: > > > > Layer 'ira_fill2' > > Feature 689: > > The solution was to put 'wms_include_items' 'all' in the METADATA > block for the layer. > > You can see the results here: http://roadlessland.org > It is a site that allows users to get info about inventoried roadless > areas in US Forest Service lands. The spatial data is a shapefile > that is about 32mb. The site uses Google maps and overlays the map > with a wms layer from mapserver. User clicks on the map are > processed with a GetFeatureInfo request to mapserver. > > Thanks for all your help, everyone. > > nelson > > On Jan 6, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Arnd Wippermann wrote: > > Hi Nelson, > > > > put this > > > > 'wms_include_items' 'all' > > in the METADATA block for your layer. > > > > Mit freundlichen GrĂ¼ssen > > > > Arnd Wippermann > > http://gis.ibbeck.de/ginfo/ > > > > > > > > Von: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von nelson guda > > Gesendet: Freitag, 4. Januar 2008 22:59 > > An: MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU > > Betreff: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] WFS request options > > > > Thanks Josh, > > > > I looked over the WMS GetFeatureInfo request, and this is exactly > > what I need. For some reason, though the only data I am getting > > back looks like this: > > > > GetFeatureInfo results: > > > > Layer 'ira_fill2' > > Feature 689: > > > > > > The feature number appears to correspond to the correct place in > > the dbf file, but none of the rest of the feature data is being > > returned. I don't understand. Does anyone have any ideas? > > > > thanks, > > nelson > > > > > > Here is the mapfile and request that I made: > > > > Request: > > http://thewildwoodstudios.com/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=../roadlessland/ > > maps/ > > ira.map&REQUEST=GetFeatureInfo&SERVICE=WMS&reaspect=false&VERSION=1.1. > > 1&LAYERS=ira_fill2&STYLES=default&FORMAT=image/ > > gif&BGCOLOR=0xFFFFFF&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&SRS=EPSG: > > 4326&WIDTH=256&HEIGHT=256&QUERY_LAYERS=ira_fill2&x=254&y=165&BBOX=-122 > > .16796875,46.37725420510028,-122.080078125,46.4378568950242 > > > > Mapfile: > > > > MAP > > > > NAME "Roadless" > > STATUS ON > > SIZE 800 600 > > STATUS ON > > EXTENT -124.40950012207 18.2457218170166 -65.7071533203125 > > 49.0011405944824 > > IMAGETYPE PNG > > SHAPEPATH "../shapefiles" > > FONTSET ../fonts/fonts.txt > > > > > > PROJECTION > > "init=epsg:54004" > > END > > > > WEB > > IMAGEPATH "/tmp/" > > IMAGEURL "/tmp/" > > METADATA > > "wms_title" "ira_wms" > > "wms_onlineresource" "http://thewildwoodstudios.com/cgi-bin/mapserv? > > map=../roadlessland/maps/ira.map&" > > "wms_srs" "EPSG:4326 EPSG:54004 EPSG:4269" > > END > > END > > > > > > LAYER > > NAME "ira_fill2" > > TYPE POLYGON > > METADATA > > "wms_title" "ira_fill2" > > "wms_srs" "EPSG:4326 EPSG:54004" > > END > > > > > > PROJECTION > > "init=epsg:4269" > > END > > DATA ira_by_name_nad83 > > STATUS ON > > TRANSPARENCY 75 > > LABELITEM "NAME" > > LABELMAXSCALE 1000000 > > TEMPLATE "query.html" > > TOLERANCE 3 > > TOLERANCEUNITS PIXELS > > DUMP TRUE > > CLASSITEM "ID" > > > > CLASS > > STYLE > > COLOR 0 255 0 > > END > > LABEL > > COLOR 0 0 0 > > OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255 > > MINFEATURESIZE 40 > > > > TYPE TRUETYPE > > FONT arial-narrow-italic > > SIZE 8 > > ANTIALIAS TRUE > > POSITION cc > > PARTIALS FALSE > > MINDISTANCE 300 > > WRAP '/' > > END > > > > END > > END > > > > > > END > > > > On Jan 4, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Josh Livni wrote: > >> Nelson, > >> > >> Using this method, you don't want to make a WFS request - you want > >> to make a WMS request. The mapserver site has documentation on how > >> to set up your mapfile to respond to WMS requests (http:// > >> mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/wms_server) as well as the > >> template (which can be very simple for your use case). > >> > >> There's a thread on the google groups list about using > >> getFeatureInfo, but since the guy's WMS is down it's probably not > >> the best example (though you could still look at his code). > >> http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/getfeatureinfo.html is another > >> example that you could probably start with for assistance on the > >> client side -- you'd need to modify it to work with Google Maps > >> (eg using Google's methods to get at their bbox and other criteria > >> while creating the queryUrl, and to parse the result) but the > >> concept is the same, so this should get you started. > >> > >> Also - glad to hear my old comments helped on the roadlessland > >> site - it looks nice. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> -Josh > >> > >> PS - Please be sure to CC the mapserver list if this doesn't make > >> sense - others here may well have better ideas on how to help than > >> me, and chances are if you want to know something, others may be > >> in the same boat, and thus find the thread helpful. > >> > >> nelson guda wrote: > >>> Hi again, Josh, > >>> > >>> I just tried "DescribeFeatureType", which works but the response > >>> only give the names of the variables. Any idea on how to get the > >>> actual data about those variables? > >>> > >>> many thanks, > >>> nelson > >>> > >>> DescribeFeatureType response: > >>> > >>> > >>> <element name="ira" > >>> type="ms:iraType" > >>> substitutionGroup="gml:_Feature" /> > >>> > >>> <complexType name="iraType"> > >>> <complexContent> > >>> <extension base="gml:AbstractFeatureType"> > >>> <sequence> > >>> <element name="msGeometry" type="gml:GeometryPropertyType" > >>> minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/> > >>> <element name="NAME" type="string"/> > >>> <element name="ID" type="string"/> > >>> </sequence> > >>> </extension> > >>> </complexContent> > >>> </complexType> > >>> > >>> On Jan 4, 2008, at 8:53 AM, Josh Livni wrote: > >>>> This doesn't answer you question exactly, but have you > >>>> considered using a WMS getFeatureInfo request instead? Then you > >>>> can use a simple template.html to decide which attributes you > >>>> want to return for later parsing. I've done this a few times > >>>> myself with Google Maps. > >>>> > >>>> -Josh > >>>> > >>>> nelson guda wrote: > >>>>> Hi all, > >>>>> > >>>>> I have an odd request regarding WFS capabilities. Is it > >>>>> possible to have a WFS mapserver request return gml results > >>>>> without the geometry data? > >>>>> > >>>>> I know that this seems odd, but it makes sense for what I am > >>>>> doing. I am using a WMS overlay to serve tiles for a large > >>>>> dataset to an overlay on google maps. In order to query > >>>>> specific polygons from that dataset (a shapefile), I am using a > >>>>> WFS GetFeature request. All I need is the id and other > >>>>> parameters of the feature, but not the geometry data (because > >>>>> it is already there from the WMS. Right now I am just parsing > >>>>> out the info I need from the gml at the server level, but it > >>>>> would be much faster if I could get the WFS to return only the > >>>>> feature info minus the geometry data. Is this possible? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, and thanks for your previous help. > >>>>> > >>>>> nelson
Nice site, glad to hear that this is worked out and well documented now. cheers, Dylan -- Dylan Beaudette Soil Resource Laboratory http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/ University of California at Davis 530.754.7341