[GIS] Problem with GDAL_WMS QGIS connecting to an ArcGIS Server

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I've been working, trying to get QGIS (v2.0 32bit) to connect to an ArcGIS Server service using the GDAL_WMS xml file. This is the service I'm trying to connect to:

http://geonb.snb.ca/ArcGIS/rest/services/GeoNB_Basemap_Imagery/MapServer/?SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities

This is the xml file I currently have:

<GDAL_WMS>
   <Service name="TMS">
        <Version>1.1.1</Version>
      <ServerUrl>http://geonb.snb.ca/ArcGIS/rest/services/GeoNB_Basemap_Imagery/MapServer/tile/${z}/${y}/${x}.jpg</ServerUrl>
        <Layers>Bathurst_ortho_final_graphic,SDEDO.FTON_ORTHOS_Clip2,MiramichiOrthos,SDEDO.snbortho,Year of Photography</Layers>
        <ImageFormat>image/jpeg</ImageFormat>
   </Service>
   <DataWindow>
        <UpperLeftX>2282341.95</UpperLeftX>
        <UpperLeftY>7698181.3</UpperLeftY>
        <LowerRightX>2737347.05</LowerRightX>
        <LowerRightY>7252058.7</LowerRightY>
        <TileLevel>13</TileLevel>
        <TileCountX>1</TileCountX>
        <TileCountY>1</TileCountY>
        <YOrigin>top</YOrigin>
    </DataWindow>
    <Projection>EPSG:2953</Projection>
    <BlockSizeX>512</BlockSizeX>
    <BlockSizeY>512</BlockSizeY>
    <BandsCount>3</BandsCount>
    <MaxConnections>10</MaxConnections>
    <Cache />
</GDAL_WMS>

And this is what I get:

http://i.imgur.com/yCJTaFO.png

This is not a WMS issue. The service doesn't support WMS connections and that's the reason for using the XML with GDAL. GDAL then creates a "WMS" like service on top of the images using the XML. It basically fetches images and puts them in the right spot. What I think is happening is it misinterpreting what tiles to fetch and how to stretch them. (Maybe)

Here's an example of a tile fetched directly from the service:
http://geonb.snb.ca/ArcGIS/rest/services/GeoNB_Basemap_Imagery/MapServer/tile/0/64/64.jpg
http://geonb.snb.ca/ArcGIS/rest/services/GeoNB_Basemap_Imagery/MapServer/tile/0/64/64.jpg http://geonb.snb.ca/ArcGIS/rest/services/GeoNB_Basemap_Imagery/MapServer/tile/0/64/64.jpg

This all works so there's something wrong with my XML. The documentation for the XML is here(www.gdal.org/frmt_wms.html), but it's not very descriptive. The specific section that relates to what I want to accomplish is the TMS service.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Best Answer

I get the same result

But I don't see WMS in the Supported Interfaces of the service:

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In contrast, An ArcGIS Server service with WMS Supported Interfaces work without problem

So I suppose that's the reason (no WMS service).

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