Need a "get-capabibilty" - type bookmark for wms

[iav]

Need a way to add into layers menu bookmark for a "GetCapabilities" - type wms query. Result of this query should open as a sub-menu of bookmark menu.

For example, I'd like to add bookmark for Geofabric layers ​http://tools.geofabrik.de/osmi/view/addresses/wxs?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities - and then chose layers draving time.

Same for local server where I place planning documents aligned with qgis and then shared with mapserver - now I need to add every new plan into bookmarks manually, and have very long menu with all my plans.

[stoecker]

See also #7953.

[simon04]

Work in progress … As I needed to refactor a lot of WMS/TMS code, a different, (slimmer?, cleaner?) UI for adding a new layer was little effort. I hope you like it. :-)

[iav]

Yes, looks good.
Hope it will copy layer description from server in case nothing typed in name field? :)

[stoecker]

Please also handle #7953. While capabilities based selection is fine I think hand-tuning <layer> is necessary as well, as we are not always allowed to use all layers. I would like to have a "sub-menu to select layers" and otherwise use default layers for WMS entries. Also <layer> could be used for "useful layer groups".

One ugly part in UI becoming better. Fine. Never liked the WMS-UI, but it was better than the previous state...

[Don-vip]

Ah nice. I don't like the current UI neither and was thinking for a long time to change it. One thing I'd like to see is a live preview of the layers bounds, without having to click on the "see bounds" button. Something like the bounds preview of imagery sources in the preferences.

[Don-vip]

One other thing: when a single layer is selected, prefill the name with the name given by the WMS server.

[Don-vip]

Check also if it works if the user clicks twice on the "get layers" button The current behaviour is disturbing :)

[simon04]

Replying to stoecker:

Please also handle #7953. While capabilities based selection is fine I think hand-tuning <layer> is necessary as well, as we are not always allowed to use all layers. I would like to have a "sub-menu to select layers" and otherwise use default layers for WMS entries. Also <layer> could be used for "useful layer groups".

On the one hand this brings some complication as each layer may have different SRSes. On the other hand I don't really see the point in this feature: naïvely I'd say that you want to either add a fully predefined background imagery (as the current WMS layers) or chose an arbitrary selection of the provided layers. Your suggested subselection could also be implemented in terms of string manipulation. I think I'll leave out this feature for now …

[simon04]

In 5617/josm:

see #8254 - new imagery entry wms_endpoint: Store WMS endpoint only, select layers at usage

[simon04]

This is a working implementation for the basic feature. To be done:

• suggesting layer name
• separate icons (now the plus is used twice in the preference dialog)
• discuss #7953
• live bounds preview (I personally do not consider this particularly important since I typically know in advance the region of the WMS layer I'm currently adding)
• test/investigate: click twice on the "get layers" button

[simon04]

In 5618/josm:

see #8254 - adapt maps.xsd for wms_endpoint

[simon04]

In 5650/josm:

see #8254 - suggest WMS layer name based on selection