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I Have a problem with novalue datas in my DEM… This is the workflow I did:

  1. my DEM datas are in multiple Arcgis ASCII grids… Each .asc files have a header containing "NODATA_value -99999.00". I opened the in QGIS 3.0.3 and merged them in QGIS
  2. I save my new layer in GeoTiff format, close QGIS and reopen my new GeoTIFF. All the "nodata" values have a value of -99999.
  3. I process my nodata values with gdal_translate -co TILED=YES -of GTiff -a_nodata "-99999" input.tif outputNaN.tif
  4. On QGIS the outputNaN.tif has a correct behaviour, nodata are "no data"
  5. I created a Mapserver 7.0.7 map file:
MAP
  OUTPUTFORMAT
      NAME "GTiff"
      DRIVER GDAL/GTiff
      MIMETYPE "image/tiff"
      IMAGEMODE INT16
      EXTENSION "tif"
  END

  NAME "Modèle numérique de terrain"
    EXTENT  -6.0001389 39.9998611 10.0001389 52.0001389
    MAXSIZE 4096
    PROJECTION
        "init=epsg:2154"
  END

  WEB
    METADATA
        "wcs_label"           "WCS Server"
        "wcs_onlineresource"  "http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/tmp/testNaN.map&"
        "wcs_enable_request" "*"
            "wcs_fees"            "none"
            "wcs_accessconstraints"    "none"
            "wcs_keywordlist"          "wcs,dem"
            "wcs_metadatalink_type"    "TC211"
            "wcs_metadatalink_format"  "text/plain"
            "wcs_metadatalink_href"    "http://localhost"
            "wcs_address"              ""
            "wcs_city"                 "Paris"
            "wcs_stateorprovince"      "IDF"
            "wcs_postcode"             "75000"
            "wcs_country"              "France"
            "wcs_contactelectronicmailaddress" "[email protected]"
            "wcs_contactperson"            "me"
            "wcs_contactorganization"      "unemployed"
            "wcs_contactposition"          "manager"
            "wcs_contactvoicetelephone"    ""
            "wcs_contactfacimiletelephone" ""
            "wms_title"           "WMS Server"
            "wms_onlineresource"  "http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/tmp/testNaN.map&"
            "wms_srs"             "EPSG:2154"
            "wms_enable_request"  "*"
            "wfs_title"          "WFS Server" 
            "wfs_onlineresource" "http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/tmp/testNaN.map&" ## Recommended
            "wfs_srs"            "EPSG:2154 EPSG:4326 EPSG:5698" ## Recommended
            "wfs_abstract"       "WFS Server" 
            "wfs_enable_request" "*"  
      END
    END

  LAYER
        NAME TESTNAN
          DATA "/tmp/outputNaN.tif"
        STATUS ON
        TYPE RASTER
        PROCESSING "SCALE=AUTO"
        PROJECTION
           "init=epsg:2154"
        END
    METADATA
      "wms_title"         "DEM 75m"
      "wcs_description" "Modèle numérique de terrain"
      "wcs_name" "DEM 75m"
      "wcs_label" "DEM (rés: 75m)"
      "wcs_srs" "EPSG:2154"
      "wcs_enable_request" "*"
      "wcs_bandcount" "1"
      "wcs_band_names" "Altitude"
      "Altitude_band_description" "Altitude en mètres"
    END
  END
END
  1. But this layer has now -32768 value where a "nodata" must be found. I tried to play with PROCESSING "NODATA=OFF" or PROCESSING "NODATA=-32768"but without success.

I know how to set in the layer properties in QGIS a transparency of 100% where pixel=-32768 . But I'd prefer to find a better solution. How can achieve this?

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  • What do you mean with "this layer has now -32768 value where a "nodata" must be found"? You seem to have configurered the tif as a WCS coverage, do you mean that the output of WCS GetCoverage in image/tiff format has that other nodata value?
    – user30184
    Commented Jun 5, 2018 at 7:37
  • Thanks for your comment: by -32768 I mean: When I select my merged tif file and I click with the "info" icon on a zone where I know there is no data I get a "Sans données" in my result window I translated as "No data" When I do the same thing on my layer from my mapserver map I get -32768, when I click in a zone with values I get a correct value. And yes I defined a WCS coverage corresponding to the maximum extent (rectangle) of my DEM datas
    – Ronan L.
    Commented Jun 5, 2018 at 7:52
  • And do you read the image into QGIS through WCS?
    – user30184
    Commented Jun 5, 2018 at 8:09
  • Yes, because in fact I need to share my DEM on a mapserver. It seems that my tif file appears correct when directly opened in QGIS3 but not while served via MasServer 7.
    – Ronan L.
    Commented Jun 5, 2018 at 8:15
  • If you want to know what really happens read your WCS service with direct GetCoverage requests with curl, save the result on disk and check with gdalinfo. But I believe that your issue is real. Perhaps you must write your own GDAL outputformat for image/tiff mapserver.org/mapfile/outputformat.html
    – user30184
    Commented Jun 5, 2018 at 8:19

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I found a solution with help from @user30184.

In the layer METADATA I added two metadatas: "wcs_rangeset_nullvalue" "-99999"wich alone does no do anything but -99999 is my geoTiff "nodata" real value (in the tiff metadata there is a tag nodata=-99999). For working it needs also "wcs_rangeset_name" "DEM 75m" , without this no WCS are sent to the client.

This is my complete and correct map file:

MAP
  OUTPUTFORMAT
      NAME "GTiff"
      DRIVER GDAL/GTiff
      MIMETYPE "image/tiff"
      IMAGEMODE FLOAT32
      EXTENSION "tif"
    TRANSPARENT ON
  END

  NAME "Modèle numérique de terrain"
    EXTENT  -6.0001389 39.9998611 10.0001389 52.0001389
    MAXSIZE 4096
    PROJECTION
        "init=epsg:2154"
  END

  WEB
    METADATA
        "wcs_label"           "WCS Server"
        "wcs_onlineresource"  "http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/tmp/testNaN.map&"
        "wcs_enable_request" "*"
            "wcs_fees"            "none"
            "wcs_accessconstraints"    "none"
            "wcs_keywordlist"          "wcs,dem"
            "wcs_metadatalink_type"    "TC211"
            "wcs_metadatalink_format"  "text/plain"
            "wcs_metadatalink_href"    "http://localhost"
            "wcs_address"              ""
            "wcs_city"                 "Paris"
            "wcs_stateorprovince"      "IDF"
            "wcs_postcode"             "75000"
            "wcs_country"              "France"
            "wcs_contactelectronicmailaddress" "[email protected]"
            "wcs_contactperson"            "me"
            "wcs_contactorganization"      "unemployed"
            "wcs_contactposition"          "manager"
            "wcs_contactvoicetelephone"    ""
            "wcs_contactfacimiletelephone" ""
            "wms_title"           "WMS Server"
            "wms_onlineresource"  "http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/tmp/testNaN.map&"
            "wms_srs"             "EPSG:2154"
            "wms_enable_request"  "*"
            "wfs_title"          "WFS Server" 
            "wfs_onlineresource" "http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/tmp/testNaN.map&" ## Recommended
            "wfs_srs"            "EPSG:2154 EPSG:4326 EPSG:5698" ## Recommended
            "wfs_abstract"       "WFS Server" 
            "wfs_enable_request" "*"  
      END
    END

  LAYER
        NAME TESTNAN
          DATA "/tmp/outputNaN.tif"
        STATUS ON
        TYPE RASTER
        PROCESSING "SCALE=AUTO"
        PROJECTION
           "init=epsg:2154"
        END
    METADATA
      "wms_title"         "DEM 75m"
      "wcs_description" "Modèle numérique de terrain"
      "wcs_name" "DEM 75m"
      "wcs_label" "DEM (rés: 75m)"
      "wcs_srs" "EPSG:2154"
      "wcs_enable_request" "*"
      "wcs_bandcount" "1"
      "wcs_band_names" "Altitude"
      "Altitude_band_description" "Altitude en mètres"
      "wcs_rangeset_nullvalue" "-99999"
      "wcs_rangeset_name" "DEM 75m"      
    END
  END
END
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