[mapserver-users] Back to basics...

[woodbri at swoodbridge.com]

Tony,

search the list archives for "Dynamic point labeling" (sic) which 
should turn up some previous discussion on just this topic. It 
includes an example in Perl, but it should be easy to translate the 
concept into PHP if you prefer. 

So to get started, you should take the mapserver demo, or check out 
maplab (search the archives) to build a base map with the country 
outlines and whatever else you want, the query the database to get 
you points based on where or not their lat/long falls between the 
extents of the map and draw them on the map using the above article I 
mentioned.

Hope this helps,
  -Steve

On 11 Sep 2002 at 23:25, wendyandtony wrote:

> 
> Hi
> 
> I'm doing a small personal project where I'd like to search an Oracle
> database via a website using Perl/cgi (not too difficult), but then
> display the query as points on a (simple) map. The data base is of
> historic/prehistoric sites so all I need to map are points. I'm
> (gratefully) using an evaluation version of MapInfo Pro 7 and have
> access to university servers etc. It seems that MapServer is suited to
> this, but my query here is ..er.. how do I get started?
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Tony