NOTICE: This version of the NSF Unidata web site (archive.unidata.ucar.edu) is no longer being updated.
Current content can be found at unidata.ucar.edu.
To learn about what's going on, see About the Archive Site.
NOTICE: This version of the NSF Unidata web site (archive.unidata.ucar.edu) is no longer being updated.
Current content can be found at unidata.ucar.edu.
To learn about what's going on, see About the Archive Site.
# John Caron wrote: # > c.. add new service types: (DODS | ADDE | NetCDF | Catalog | FTP # > | OpenGIS | WSDL | Other) . I agree that instead of OpenGIS you need explicit WMS, WFS, etc. Joe Wielgosz writes: # How much effort should THREDDS put into supporting particular data # provider site layouts? # [...] # If you look at different data providers websites, they all have their # own way of mapping datasets, collections and access methods to URLS, and # some are quite complex. They might use any combination of different base # URLs, subpaths or suffixes, CGI parameters, or who knows what else. The OpenGIS services (e.g., Web Map Service--WMS) list a URL prefix for each operation supported by a particular machine. The prefix includes hostname and, as needed, port number, path, and some CGI parameters. The entire prefix is just an opaque string. Then, the specification says what parameters are to be added to the prefix in order to construct a valid request for each operation. Examples for WMS: URL prefix: http://globe.digitalearth.gov/viz-bin/wmt.cgi Complete URL to request service metadata: http://globe.digitalearth.gov/viz-bin/wmt.cgi?request=GetCapabilities Complete URL to request a particular map: http://globe.digitalearth.gov/viz-bin/wmt.cgi?request=GetMap&layers=RTOPO&styles=REFPIXEL&srs=EPSG:4326&bbox=-180,-90,180,90&width=512&height=256&format=image/gif In the last example showing the GetMap request, most of the parameters are variable. I'm not sure whether in the THREDDS catalog it is best to include only the URL prefix and let the client form a valid GetMap request, or include one of the possible complete GetMap URLs so that all clients can at least retrieve something while WMS-aware clients can modify the URL. Probably the second, more helpful option is best in this context. -Jeff DLB, WMS 1.1 Editor Dr. Jeff de La Beaujardiere * Computer Scientist NASA Geographic Interoperability Office Goddard Space Flight Center * Code 933 delabeau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * +1 301 286 1569 http://sunrise.gsfc.nasa.gov/
thredds archives: