[Geoserver-users] Always return blank image on getMap requests?

Hi

I am trying to use Geoserver to host +100GB’s of floating point raster data as a WMS layer. I would like to use the layer for getFeatureInfo lookups but I would like to just return a blank image on any getMap requests to the layer – no matter what the getMap request asks for.

I have tried to create a raster style with opacity set to 0.0, but it seems like Geoserver still fetches the data. I guess the raster style is evaluated after the requested data has been retrieved?

Can I configure a WMS layer to respond with a blank image on every getMap request?

Regards, Casper