Mapserver & Mapinfo files --HELP

Matthew crowley matthew.bryan.crowley at GMAIL.COM
Thu Sep 30 13:29:43 EDT 2004


I'm sure there is something very simple that I am not understanding.  Before
trying to get all this working on my linux server, I thought I would try the
MS4W package from DM solutions to get the hang of things.

I have spent two days trying to get a MAPINFO .tab file to display using the
tutorial in MapLab.

Basically, I just wanted to add another layer using my own source file.  OGR
works, and I don't get any errors when I use the Preview function.  My layer
appears in the menu, but I can't see anything displayed on the screen

The extra lines from my MAP file are :
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 LAYER
    NAME "MBBDY"
    STATUS ON
    TYPE POLYGON
    CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
    CONNECTION "c:\ms4w\apps\maplab-2.2\tutorial\data\MBBDY.tab"
    STYLEITEM "AUTO"
    CLASS
    END
  END
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
and the output from OGRINFO follows:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
C:\ms4w\tools\ogr-utils>ogrinfo -ro -al
c:\ms4w\apps\maplab-2.2\tutorial\data\MBBDY.tab
INFO: Open of `c:\ms4w\apps\maplab-2.2\tutorial\data\MBBDY.tab'
using driver `MapInfo File' successful.

Layer name: MBBDY
Geometry: Polygon
Feature Count: 1
Extent: (-102.001400, 48.996530) - (-88.989300, 60.000970)
Layer SRS WKT:
GEOGCS["unnamed",
    DATUM["MIF 0",
        SPHEROID["WGS 84 (MAPINFO Datum 0)",6378137.01,298.257223563],
        TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
    UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]]
Filename: String (10.0)
OGRFeature(MBBDY):1
  Filename (String) = MANITOBA
  Style =
BRUSH(fc:#60ff60,bc:#ffffff,id:"mapinfo-brush-2.ogr-brush-0");PEN(w:1px  . .
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Is there a parameter missing from my MAP file?



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