I would like to use the "Nice Map" module to display a very basic map of Europe (sea/land areas, possibly country borders).

The NASA server specified in the module documentation http://wms.jpl.nasa.gov/wms.cgi seems to offer satellite imagery, not suitable for my purposes.

I found http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0 but it doesn't offer a nice-looking projection and Nice Map does not find alternative projections.

I can consider installing mapnik but as a last option only, and anyway this wouldn't solve all problems as I would still need data.

A map like the one displayed in http://www.openstreetmap.org/ would be just fine, provided I can then select which layers to show. Is there an open/public WMS server providing the openstreetmap data?

Thanks!

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tmcw commented
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There's a WMS version of OpenStreetMap for Europe. I know there are a few others, but the robustness of OSM's servers themselves just isn't there yet, so they aren't going to provide a WMS server straight-up.

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pescetti commented
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Thanks! But I still miss some information to get it working.

This is the GetCapabilities URL: http://mapbender.wheregroup.com/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/data/umn/osm/osm_ba...

I understand that in admin/settings/nicemap/settings I should remove the request part, thus getting
http://mapbender.wheregroup.com/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/data/umn/osm/osm_ba...
or
http://mapbender.wheregroup.com/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/data/umn/osm/osm_ba...
but I didn't manage to get it working in either case.

I can view and choose the layers, but then, instead of the map, I get an image displaying an error message:
msWMSLoadGetMapParams(): Unsupported SRS namespace (only EPSG and AUTO currently supported)
What should I change?

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tmcw commented

Here's a good resource for WMS servers: http://www.skylab-mobilesystems.com/en/wms_serverlist.html (note that WMS servers seem to be very hard to keep up...)

Can you copy & paste the URL of the map image that isn't working?

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tmcw commented
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needs more information: reopen if you find the URL.