[thredds] WMS 1.3.0 blank maps using EPSG:4326 (but works using CRS:84)

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• Subject: [thredds] WMS 1.3.0 blank maps using EPSG:4326 (but works using CRS:84)
• From: John Maurer <jmaurer@xxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:46:07 -1000

Hi TDS and/or ncWMS folks,
I recently upgraded from TDS 4.2.10 to 4.3.16 and am noticing something
strange in my WMS output. GetMap URL's that used to work fine in TDS 4.2.10
are coming up blank in 4.3.16. As a workaround, I discovered that changing
my CRS from EPSG:4326 to CRS:84 fixes the problem. Seems like a bug with
using EPSG:4326??

Here's an example using a ROMS ocean forecast of water temperature over
central Hawaii. Using EPSG:4326 gives a blank map:

http://oos.soest.hawaii.edu/thredds/wms/hioos/roms_forec_regridded/hiig/ROMS_Hawaii_Regional_Ocean_Model_Regridded_best.ncd?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&REQUEST=GetMap&FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=true&LAYERS=water_temp&CRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=202.12371826171875,20.17714549791179,204.46517944335938,21.50418550077842&WIDTH=1705&HEIGHT=1034&TIME=2013-04-15T00:00:00Z&ELEVATION=-5&STYLES=boxfill/rainbow&NUMCOLORBANDS=256&COLORSCALERANGE=24.02441,26.03417

In contrast, if I switch this to CRS:84 I now get a color map as expected:

http://oos.soest.hawaii.edu/thredds/wms/hioos/roms_forec_regridded/hiig/ROMS_Hawaii_Regional_Ocean_Model_Regridded_best.ncd?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&REQUEST=GetMap&FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=true&LAYERS=water_temp&CRS=CRS:84&BBOX=202.12371826171875,20.17714549791179,204.46517944335938,21.50418550077842&WIDTH=1705&HEIGHT=1034&TIME=2013-04-15T00:00:00Z&ELEVATION=-5&STYLES=boxfill/rainbow&NUMCOLORBANDS=256&COLORSCALERANGE=24.02441,26.03417

Oh... And I just found another workaround. If I switch to WMS 1.1.1 instead
of 1.3.0, EPSG:4326 also works:

http://oos.soest.hawaii.edu/thredds/wms/hioos/roms_forec_regridded/hiig/ROMS_Hawaii_Regional_Ocean_Model_Regridded_best.ncd?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=true&LAYERS=water_temp&SRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=202.12371826171875,20.17714549791179,204.46517944335938,21.50418550077842&WIDTH=1705&HEIGHT=1034&TIME=2013-04-15T00:00:00Z&ELEVATION=-5&STYLES=boxfill/rainbow&NUMCOLORBANDS=256&COLORSCALERANGE=24.02441,26.03417

In short, I'm hoping that somebody can fix the WMS so that EPSG:4326 will
not give me blank maps in WMS 1.3.0, but I have workarounds in the meantime
so it's not pressing.
Thanks!,
John Maurer
Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
University of Hawaii at Manoa

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