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# $Id: readme.txt 1186 2009-06-29 00:11:14Z dane $
Mapnik OGC Server
-----------------
Introduction
------------
Mapnik provides a server package to allow the publishing of maps
through the open and standard WMS interface published by the Open Geospatial
Consortium (OGC). It is in implemented in Python, around the core Mapnik C++
library.
This is the very first implementation of a WMS for Mapnik. Although initial
testing seems to suggest it works well, there may be bugs, and it lacks some
useful features. Comments, contributions, and requests for help should all be
directed to the Mapnik mailing list.
Features
--------
- WMS 1.1.1 and 1.3.0
- CGI/FastCGI, WSGI, mod_python
- Supports all 3 requests: GetCapabilities, GetMap and GetFeatureInfo
- JPEG/PNG output
- XML/INIMAGE/BLANK error handling
- Multiple named styles support
- Reprojection support
- Supported layer metadata: title, abstract
- Ability to request all layers with LAYERS=__all__
Caveats
----------------
- GetFeatureInfo supports text/plain output only
- PNG256(8-bit PNG not yet supported)
- CGI/FastCGI interface needs to be able to write to tempfile.gettempdir() (most likely "/tmp")
- Need to be further evaluated for thread safety
Dependencies
------------
Please properly install the following before proceeding further:
- Mapnik python bindings (which will also install the `ogcserver` module code)
- PIL (http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil)
For the CGI/FastCGI interface also install:
- jonpy (http://jonpy.sourceforge.net/)
Installation
------------
- The OGC Server uses the Mapnik interface to the Proj.4 library for projection support
and depends on integer EPSG codes. Confirm that you have installed Proj.4 with
all necessary data files (http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/wiki/FAQ) and have added any custom
projections to the 'epsg' file usually located at '/usr/local/share/proj/epsg'.
- Test that the server code is available and installed properly by importing it within a
python interpreter::
>>> import ogcserver
>>> # no error means proper installation
- There is a sample python script called "wms.py" in the utils/ogcserver folder of the
Mapnik source code that will work for both CGI and FastCGI operations. Where to place it
will depend on your server choice and configuration and is beyond this documentation.
For information on FastCGI go to http://www.fastcgi.com/.
Configuring the server
----------------------
- You will need to create two simple python scripts:
1) The web-accessible python script ('wms.py') which will import the
ogcserver module code and associate itself with the 'ogcserver.conf'
configuration file. The code of this script will depend upon whether
you deploy the server as cgi/fastcgi/wsgi/mod_python. See the Mapnik
Community Wiki for examples: http://trac.mapnik.org/wiki/OgcServer and
see the cgi sample in the /utils/ogcserver folder.
2) A 'map_factory' script which loads your layers and styles. Samples of this
script can be found below.
- Next you need to edit the ogcserver.conf file to:
1) Point to the 'map_factory' script by using the "module" parameter
2) Fill out further settings for the server.
Edit the configuration file to your liking, the comments within the file will
help you further. Be sure to, at the very minimum, edit the "module"
parameter. The server will not work without setting it properly first.
Defining Layers and Styles
--------------------------
The ogcserver obviously needs layers to publish and styles for how to display those layers.
You create your layers and styles in the 'map_factory' script.
For now this can be done by either loading an XML mapfile inside that script using the
'loadXML()' function or by writing your layers and styles in python code, or both.
If you load your layers and styles using an existing XML mapfile the 'map_factory' module
should look like::
from ogcserver.WMS import BaseWMSFactory
class WMSFactory(BaseWMSFactory):
def __init__(self):
BaseWMSFactory.__init__(self)
self.loadXML('/full/path/to/mapfile.xml')
self.finalize()
Or if you want to define your layers and styles in pure python you might
have a 'map_factory' more like::
from ogcserver.WMS import BaseWMSFactory
from mapnik import *
SHAPEFILE = '/path/to/world_borders.shp'
PROJ4_STRING = '+init=epsg:4326'
class WMSFactory(BaseWMSFactory):
def __init__(self):
BaseWMSFactory.__init__(self)
sty,rl = Style(),Rule()
poly = PolygonSymbolizer(Color('#f2eff9'))
line = LineSymbolizer(Color('steelblue'),.1)
rl.symbols.extend([poly,line])
sty.rules.append(rl)
self.register_style('world_style',sty)
lyr = Layer('world',PROJ4_STRING)
lyr.datasource = Shapefile(file=SHAPEFILE)
lyr.title = 'World Borders'
lyr.abstract = 'Country Borders of the World'
self.register_layer(lyr,'world_style',('world_style',))
self.finalize()
The rules for writing this class are:
- It MUST be called 'WMSFactory'.
- It MUST sub-class mapnik.ogcserver.WMS.BaseWMSFactory.
- The __init__ MUST call the base class.
- Layers MUST be named with the first parameter to the constructor.
- Layers MUST define an EPSG projection in the second parameter of the
constructor. This implies that the underlying data must be in an EPSG
projection already.
- Style and layer names are meant for machine readability, not human. Keep
them short and simple, without spaces or special characters.
- For human readable info, set the title and abstract properties on the layer
object.
- DO NOT register styles using layer.styles.append(), instead, provide style
information to the register_layer() call::
register_layer(layerobject, defaultstylename, (tuple of alternative style names,))
- No Map() object is used or needed here.
- Be sure to call self.finalize() once you have registered everything! This will
validate everything and let you know if there are any problems.
- For a layer to be queryable via GetFeatureInfo, simply set the 'queryable'
property to True::
lyr.queryable = True
Paster applications
-------------------
You may want to integrate your ogcserver services in a WSGI pipeline configured through PasteDeploy.
You have already in this package some factories availables:
-:factory: ogcserver#wms_factory (ogcserver.wsgi.ogcserver_wms_factory
-:ogcserver_config: ogcserver.conf configuration file (see conf/ogcserver.conf for a sample one)
-:server_module: module to get WMSFactory from
-:debug: (opt) debug flag (true/false)
-:fonts: (opt) system fonts dir
-:maxage: (opt) proxy max age (seconds)
-:example: ::
[myapp]
use=egg:ogcserver#mapfile
mapfile=/path/to/mapfile
ogcserver_config=/path/to/ogcserver.conf
:factory: ogcserver#mapfile (ogcserver.wsgi.ogcserver_map_factory
-:ogcserver_config: ogcserver.conf configuration file (see conf/ogcserver.conf for a sample one)
-:mapfile: map file (see conf/ogcserver.conf for a sample one)
-:debug: (opt) debug flag (true/false)
-:fonts: (opt) system fonts dir
-:maxage: (opt) proxy max age (seconds)
-:example: ::
[myapp]
use=egg:ogcserver#wms_factory
server_module=my.nice.appmaker.module
ogcserver_config=/path/to/ogcserver.conf
To Do
-----
- Investigate moving to xml.etree.cElementTree from xml.etree.
- Add some internal "caching" for performance improvements.
- Switch to using C/C++ libs for image generation, instead of PIL (also
requires core changes). PIL requirement will remain for INIMAGE/BLANK
error handling.