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Description and Explanation of Message
Error Message
format. The specified address
may not be a WMS Server or the
The server you are accessing may not be a WMS server. You may
see this message after accessing a WFS server and seeing a list of
server could not process the
WFS layers. This can occur because the Capabilities document
request: message from
server
provided by the server may contain additional URLs that redirect
you to another server (not the one you explicitly selected). That
"redirected" server may be down or have another problem.
The raw data following the colon is transmitted by the WMS server.
This may help you analyze the problem.
The WMS Server returned data
which was neither in the
requested format nor a
The exception message from the server could not be understood.
For example, the exception message may not have been in XML
format.
recognized WMS service
exception: message from
server
It is possible that your disk is full or you might have deleted the temp
file while Mapinfo Pro was running.
Error accessing temporary file.
The server may not support GetFeatureInfo.
The WMS Server does not return
GetFeatureInfo data in a format
supported by MapInfo
Professional.
The server may not provide GetFeatureInfo in a format understood
by MapInfo Professional.
The WMS Server does not
support GetFeatureInfo requests.
The server may not have a queryable layer. It is possible that a
queryable layer changed between the time that you first created the
WMS table and subsequently reopened the table.
There are no queryable layers in
the WMS table for GetFeatureInfo
request.
MapInfo Professional requested data in the format that the server
claims it supports, however the server is returning a different format.
For clarification, contact the service provider of the WMS server.
The WMS Server returned data
in formatA rather than the
requested format of formatB.
The GetFeatureInfo request from the server failed. This message
usually appears paired with another message in the same message
window.
Unable to retrieve feature
information from the WMS server.
Enhancing Map Data using a Web Feature Service
(WFS)
MapInfo Professional provides a Web Feature Service (WFS) client to retrieve geospatial GML (Geography
Markup Language)2 data using HTTP GET and HTTP POST requests over the Internet or through a
private intranet. The WFS client was developed in accordance with the 1.0.0 and 1.1.0 OpenGIS Web
Feature Service Implementation Specifications, which are available online
WFS is similar to WMS (Web Map Service), in that both can provide geographic data via the Internet.
But while a WMS server provides raster maps, a WFS server provides raw coordinate data that the client
uses to produce a map.
The MapInfo WFS client has been developed in accordance with OGC WFS Specification 1.0
and 1.1. Using this client you cannot retrieve data from sites that are compliant with earlier or
later versions of the OGC specification.
Note:
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