[Mapserver-users] help needed

[ronny]

ya i did exactly that! 
thanks
--- Siki Zoltan <siki at bme-geod.agt.bme.hu> wrote:
> Hi Ronny,
> 
> Did you set the SHAPEPATH variable at the begining
> of the map file?
> e.g.
> NAME SAMPLE
> SIZE ...
> STATUS ...
> UNITS ...
> SHAPEPATH <the absolute path to your shape files>
> 
> If you don't set the SHAPEPATH, you must give the
> absoute path + shape 
> name in the DATA for the layer. I haven't try it :(
> 
> On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, ronny wrote:
> 
> > 
> > am trying to draw a map but am getting: 
> > 
> > msDrawMap(): Image handling error. Failed to draw
> > layer named 'Nakuru_region'.
> > 
> > i sincerely don't  know what that means since am
> very
> > new to maps drawing and mapserver!
> > 
> > the layer is as follows:
> > 
> > LAYER
> >  NAME Nakuru_region
> >   TYPE POINT
> >   STATUS DEFAULT
> >   DATA nakuru_region
> >   
> >   CLASSITEM 'cty_name'
> >   CLASS
> >     EXPRESSION 'Nakuru'
> >     OUTLINECOLOR 128 128 128
> >     COLOR 225 225 185
> >   END
> >   CLASS # every other towns in the region
> >     EXPRESSION /./ 
> >     OUTLINECOLOR 128 128 128
> >     COLOR 255 255 255
> >   END
> >   METADATA
> >     WMS_TITLE "Nakuru Towns"
> >     WMS_ABSTRACT "Nakuru Region shapfile."
> >     WMS_SRS "EPSG:26915"
> >  END
> > END
> > 
> > am on redhat linux 8.0
> > mapserver 4.0
> > 
> > =====
> > ronny
> > 
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> 
> cheers
> -- 
> Zoltan Siki
> 
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