[GRASS-user] WMS fails on Geosciences Australia downloads

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Grass 6.2.2 cvs, Ubuntu build. Sorry for neglecting that!

Richard

Hamish wrote:

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> Richard wrote:
>> I am trying to access layers on the Geosciences Australia
>> OGC Web Map server:
http://www.ga.gov.au/wms/getmap?dataset=national&request=getCapabilities

Hamish:

> which version of GRASS?

Richard:

Grass 6.2.2 cvs, Ubuntu build. Sorry for neglecting that!

ok, there have been a number of improvements to r.in.wms to deal with brain dead WMS servers (*cough* ArcIMS *cough*) since 6.2.2, could you try GRASS 6.2.3 or 6.3.0? r.in.wms is enough of a woven mess of modules that it is hard to recommend to just grab the latest version of the script from SVN as there are a number of things to grab etc.

anyway the newer version follows more to the letter of the WMS spec, which means it should [hopefully] work with most WMS servers now.
(ie even those which are not able to deal with http POST data)
it is still not perfect, hopefully someone will rewrite it in a more sane language soon (ie python).

Hamish

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Hamish wrote:

Richard wrote:
      

I am trying to access layers on the Geosciences Australia
OGC Web Map server:
        

[http://www.ga.gov.au/wms/getmap?dataset=national&request=getCapabilities](http://www.ga.gov.au/wms/getmap?dataset=national&request=getCapabilities)
    


Hamish:
  

which version of GRASS?
      


Richard:
  

Grass 6.2.2 cvs, Ubuntu build. Sorry for neglecting that!
    


ok, there have been a number of improvements to r.in.wms to deal with brain dead WMS servers (*cough* ArcIMS *cough*) since 6.2.2, could you try GRASS 6.2.3 or 6.3.0? r.in.wms is enough of a woven mess of modules that it is hard to recommend to just grab the latest version of the script from SVN as there are a number of things to grab etc.

anyway the newer version follows more to the letter of the WMS spec, which means it should [hopefully] work with most WMS servers now.
(ie even those which are not able to deal with http POST data)
it is still not perfect, hopefully someone will rewrite it in a more sane language soon (ie python).

Hamish

Regrettably, the upgrade to Grass-GIS 6.3 did not work …

Richard