[OSM-newbies] Problems with WMS Plugin

[Matt Williams]

2009/9/28 Manuel Sontag <manuel.sontag at gmx.net>:
> Claudius wrote:
>> Am 28.09.2009 16:19, Manuel Sontag:
>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I have the following problem with the WMS plugin:
>>> I installed the plugin and webkit-image. On startup there's no error
>>> message and the WMS plugin menue is present.
>>> In the plugin preferences, I copy the default setting entry for Landsat
>>> and YAHOO (webkit) to the menue configuration.
>>>
>>> Neither of these options does work for me however. In the case of
>>> Landsat, I get the following error message when trying to download the
>>> tiles: The base URL "(...)" for this layer does neither end with a '&'
>>> nor with a '?'
>>>
>>> Is there a place where I can configure the URL ? But where to get the
>>> correct URL, I'd expect the default URL to work ?
>>>
>>>
>>> In case of YAHOO I have even less success because there isn't even a
>>> menue entry for this option. I did not change the WMS URL and so it is
>>> "yahoo://webkit-image {0}", which I thought is correct because I have
>>> copied the webkit-image tool in the same directory as the josm-latest.jar.
>>>
>>> Do you have any ideas ? What can I do to further debug the problem ?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Manuel
>>>
>>
>> My guess is that you're running outdated software. Which JOSM and
>> Wmsplugin versions are you using?
>>
>> I'm using JOSM 2206 on WinVista64 with wmsplugin 17817. My default Yahoo
>> Sat entry which I simply copied is pointing at:
>>
>> html:http://josm.openstreetmap.de/wmsplugin/YahooDirect.html?
>>
>> Claudius
>>
> I just updated to these versions and the problem is still the same. I
> cannot find a yahoo landsat entry in the seetings, but my Landsat URL is
> this:
> http://onearth.jpl.nasa.gov/wms.cgi?request=GetMap&layers=global_mosaic&styles=&srs=EPSG:4326&format=image/jpeg
>
> When using it, I get still the error message that the URL does not end
> with either ? or &, which is of course correct ?!? Maybe I somehow
> screwed up the settings, but I just updated the plugin.

Try adding a & to the end of that URL you posted. I had this problem a
while back and doing that fixed it. I believe the error was caused by
an  update/change at some point.

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Matt Williams
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