[Mapserver-users] need help in creating a mapfile

[Bjoern Platzen]

Hi Murat,

Do you get an Error or do you just get an empty map?

If you get an empty map, I think, you'll have to set the EXTEND in your 
mapfile (in the MAP-Object) so that it fits the extend of your 
shapefiles. 

hth,

Bjoern.

Am Dienstag, 14. Oktober 2003 09:11 schrieb Murat Iþýk:
> Hello,
> I am newbei about mapserver, thus having some problems. I have been
> given some shp, shx and dbf files to work with. I have setup
> mapserver 3.6.0 and demo 3.5 through rpms and the two work perfectly.
> But I cannot use the files given to me. I am trying to edit the
> demo.map file to suit the new map files. Just renaming the layers to
> match the layers of the new map file and placing the mapfiles in the
> data folder do not work. It may sound like a stupid problem to you
> but I am having a hard time. I have read the how-to pages in the
> official mapserver website but could not understand much. Please help
> me:)
> Thanks..
>
>  Murat Isik


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