[OSM-newbies] Problems with WMS Plugin

[Claudius]

Am 28.09.2009 18:32, 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 My guess is that you're running outdated software.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.
>

Why don't you simply add the WMS URL for Yahoo that I've posted?
(For the default entries to show up you would have to deleted your JOSM 
preferences.)

Claudius