Re: WMSPlugin

Just as an FYI, I don't work for USGS, and that's not my
server. I just volunteered the URL because
I assume a federal government server should be pretty
stable and reliable.

-Raj

Kohler, Holger wrote:
> Here are the properties that I used to get my modified version of the
> WMSPlugin to work (assuming the proxy settings are correct):
>
> # PlugIn layer for the WMSPlugin using a public ArcIMS server providing data
> from USGS National Hydrography Dataset
> wmsPluginLayer_NHD.class=com.bbn.openmap.plugin.PlugInLayer
> wmsPluginLayer_NHD.prettyName=USGS National Hydrography Dataset (WMS)
> wmsPluginLayer_NHD.plugin=com.bbn.openmap.plugin.wms.WMSPlugIn
> wmsPluginLayer_NHD.plugin.wmsserver=http://gisdata.usgs.net/servlet/com.esri
> .wms.Esrimap
> wmsPluginLayer_NHD.plugin.wmsversion=1.0.0
> wmsPluginLayer_NHD.plugin.format=JPEG
> wmsPluginLayer_NHD.plugin.transparent=false
> wmsPluginLayer_NHD.plugin.backgroundcolor=0xbdde83
> wmsPluginLayer_NHD.plugin.layers=NHD_Waterbodies,NHD_Waterbody_Reaches,NHD_T
> ransport_Reaches,NHD_Network
> #wmsPluginLayer_NHD.plugin.styles=
> wmsPluginLayer_NHD.plugin.vendorspecificnames=SERVICENAME
> wmsPluginLayer_NHD.plugin.vendorspecificvalues=USGS_WMS_NHD
> #wmsPluginLayer_NHD.plugin.wmsname=???
>
> I've also attached some screen captures of the plugin showing data from the
> URL Raj sent us.
>
> Holger
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kohler, Holger [mailto:Holger.Kohler@dsto.defence.gov.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 5 September 2001 2:11 PM
> To: 'Raj Singh'; 'openmap-users@bbn.com'
> Subject: RE: WMSPlugin
>
>
> Found my problem. I'm hidden away behind a firewall and I neglected to let
> my Java virtual machine know about it. Adding the following to the command
> line solved the problem:
>
> -Dhttp.proxyHost=host.name.of.proxy.server -Dhttp.proxyPort=portnum
>
> Is it worth allowing this to be set in the GUI palette? Come to think of it
> - is it worth allowing the URL of the WMS Map server or the layer properties
> to be modified from the GUI palette aswell?
>
> Holger
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raj Singh [mailto:rs@syncline.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2001 11:09 PM
> To: 'openmap-users@bbn.com'
> Subject: Re: WMSPlugin
>
>
> Here is a public WMS running ArcIMS that may be useful for
> testing purposes.
>
> http://gisdata.usgs.net/servlet/com.esri.wms.Esrimap?servicename=USGS_WMS_NH
> D?request=Capabilities
>
>
> Kohler, Holger wrote:
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>>I've just attempted to get the WMSPlugin to display data from ESRI's
>>
> ArcIMS
>
>>3.1 and failed. I am getting the following error:
>>
>>*** ERROR *** <?wms_xml version="1.0" encoding="Cp1252" standalone="yes"
>>?><WMTException version="1.0.0" Severity="Fatal" >Exception in sending
>>image.</WMTException> *************
>>
>>I think this means that I am getting a successful hookup with ArcIMS but I
>>have no idea why the data isn't coming through.
>>
>>Is there any other documentation on the WMSPlugin? I've found that the
>>javadoc comments are inaccurate and miss out the crucial properties that
>>need to be defined (eg wmsserver).
>>
>>Anyone have experience with this?
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Holger
>>
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>
>
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>
>
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> USGS National Hydrography Dataset1.jpg
>
> Content-Type:
>
> image/jpeg
> Content-Encoding:
>
> base64
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> USGS National Hydrography Dataset2.jpg
>
> Content-Type:
>
> image/jpeg
> Content-Encoding:
>
> base64
>
>

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