Hi Klaus, I've made some progress bought a NAS with a webserver, have downloaded, saved and edited an .xml file from the BC provincial WMS server site here http://www.data.gov.bc.ca/dbc/geographic/connect/index.page However I'm having the problem "Can't connect to server". I think my syntax is incorrect referring to the .xml file on the server. To simplify things I've mapped the folder on the webserver to be the M: drive. For testing I've gone back to using the downloaded but unaltered .xml file "base3" from the provincial server which I've copy and pasted to a folder on the server. This is the "Base Mapping and Trim" data set. Testing in a Chrome web browser, when I enter the URL m:\base3 I get a tree view of the .xml file. So I think I'm correctly referencing the webspace on the NAS and correctly opening the stored .xml file. Then back in Manifold, File > Link > Image > File type: OGC WMS servers, I entered the URL for the .xml file (renamed without ".xml") on the NAS and clicked the refresh icon. What happens is "Trying WMS 1.1.3", Trying WMS 1.1.2" etc. down to Trying WMS 1.0.0 then eventually "Can't connect to server". This is the URL when copy and pasted from the provincial WMS site: Original: http://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/mapserver/base3?service=wms&request=getcapabilities&version=1.1.1 This is the URL modified to refer to the mapped drive on my NAS: m:\base3 (which displays the document tree) Also tried file:///M:/base3 (which displays the document tree) I've also tried the following, (which I don't think is correct, but worth a shot) m:\base3?service=wms&request=getcapabilities&version=1.1.1 (Can't connect to server) If this was working I'm expecting to see the list of maps available on the provincial WMS server. Wondering if I'm missing a step? Anyone try this with the provincial WMS servers. It would be so great to get access to all those maps via WMS.
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