[Chameleon] Chameleon WMS problems??

[Jason Grimes]

Hi Paul,

That helped.  :-)  I think there was a version discrepancy between
mapserv and php_mapscript.so.  I downloaded, compiled, and installed
MapServer version 4.4.1 and everything is good.  Thank you,

Jason

On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 14:20, Paul Spencer wrote:
> Jason,
> 
> a quick test to confirm this would be to write a small php mapscript 
> test of your mapfile:
> 
> <?php
> 
> dl('php_mapscript_44.so'); //replace with your mapscript module name
> $oMap=ms_newMapObj('path/to/alaskamap.map');
> $oImg=$oMap->draw();
> $szURL = $oImg->saveWebImage();
> echo "<img src='$szURL'>";
> ?>
> 
> if your map file works here then it is most likely a Chameleon problem 
> (although I have no idea what it could be at this point).
> 
> Also, if you can, update to Chameleon 2.0.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Paul
> 
> Jason Grimes wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have set up a WMS server on my Linux box using mapserv version 4.4.0
> > and I renamed it ginawms.  I wrote a wms.map file following the
> > guidelines in the mapserver WMS server documentation.  I added the
> > Apache directive to point to this map file whenever ginawms is called. 
> > I tested it directly from a URL setting all of the necessary parameters
> > and I was able to do a get capabilities and get an image for all the
> > layers.  So far so good.
> > 
> > I then created a map file (alaskamap.map) for chameleon following the
> > mapserver WMS client documentation.  Chameleon points to the mapserv CGI
> > that also resides in the cgi-bin directory along with ginawms.  They are
> > both version 4.4.0 and have both WMS client and server support compiled
> > in.  I tested this map file as well from a URL and it responds as it
> > should except that it only sends back a 8-bit PNG, but that is another
> > problem. :-)
> > 
> > When I create a simple Chameleon template with just a MapDHTML widget in
> > it I get the following error in the display area:
> > 
> > Error rendering map image:
> > a fatal error occurred drawing the map
> > 
> > In the apache error log the following error is logged:
> > 
> > [client 137.229.79.215] PHP Warning:  [MapServer Error]: msDrawMap():
> > Failed to draw WMS layer named 'Blue_Marble'. This most likely happened
> > because the remote WMS server returned an invalid image, and XML
> > exception or another unexpected result in response to the GetMap
> > request. Also check and make sure that the layer's connection URL is
> > valid.\n in
> > /usr/local/chameleon/chameleon-1.99beta4/htdocs/common/wrapper/drawmap.php on line 533, referer: https://phobos.gina.alaska.edu/alaskamap/index.phtml
> > 
> > At first glance I thought that this must be a MapServer problem but I
> > can test it and MapServer appears to work.  My only other conclusion is
> > that this is a Chameleon error.  I'm running Chameleon version
> > 1.99beta4.  Thank you for any help or insight.  :-)
> > 
> > Jason
> > 
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