starting-problem: doesn't show the content

[Wim Blanken]

Hello Martin,

Mapserver does not know you want to view the US state boundaries layer.

Two solutions:
1. Give the US State boundaries layer the STATUS DEFAULT instead of ON
2. Include the layername with the layers statement. 
http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=usa1.map&mode=map&layers=US state 
boundaries. It's easier by the way (for a start) that you do not include 
spaces in the name of the layer.

Regards,

Wim Blanken
The Netherlands

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin Vigerske" <martin at VIGERSKE.DE>
To: <MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 1:51 PM
Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] starting-problem: doesn't show the content


> Hi,
>
> I am new to the MapServer and tried a demo-mapfile, but it shows me no 
> Shapefile and no Tiff.
> I installed the win-version ms4w (4.6). The demo-mapfile (usa1.map) came 
> into the directory c:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\, the shapefile "statesp020" to 
> my own directory c:\ms4w\usr\shapes\. The only thing I changed in the 
> demo-map was the SHAPEPATH, from "/var/www/html/data" to 
> "c:\ms4w\usr\shapes\" (and the imagepath, but that should not be the 
> problem). When I start mapserv with 
> "http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=usa1.map&mode=map", I get a grey 
> rectangle and the text-layer "Made with Mapserver". The Mapserver works 
> but it doesn't show me the shapefile.
> The same with the example usa3.map which should render a RASTER. I change 
> the data-path to the path of the tif, but it doesn't show up. I tried to 
> copy shape and tif directly into the cgi-bin-directory, where the .map is, 
> but no difference.
>
> I guess mapserver can't find the data.
> The log-file isn't very informative:
> "Sat Dec 17 13:43:24 
> 2005,3728,127.0.0.1,USA1,3,-8000000.000000 -3162500.000000 5000000.000000 
> 4962500.000000,-1.000000 -1.000000,,normal execution"
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Greetings and thanks,
> Martin Vigerske
>
> --- my usa1.map:
>
> MAP
>    NAME USA1
>    STATUS ON
>    SIZE 800 500
>    IMAGETYPE PNG
>    IMAGECOLOR 240 240 240
>    SHAPEPATH "c:\ms4w\usr\shapes\"
>    EXTENT -8000000 300000 5000000 1500000
>    UNITS METERS
>    PROJECTION
>        "proj=lcc" "lat_1=32" "lat_2=44" "lat_0=38" "lon_0=-100" "x_0=0" 
> "y_0=0" "ellps=GRS80" "datum=NAD83"
>    END
>   WEB
>        IMAGEPATH "c:\ms4w\usr\tmp\"
>        IMAGEURL "\usr\tmp\"
>    END
>   LAYER
>        NAME "US state boundaries"
>        TYPE POLYGON
>        STATUS ON
>        DATA "statesp020"
>        PROJECTION
>            "proj=latlong"
>            "ellps=GRS80"
>            "datum=NAD83"
>        END
>        CLASS
>            NAME "US states"
>            OUTLINECOLOR 60 60 60
>            COLOR 255 255 0
>            SYMBOL 0
>        END
>    END
>   LAYER
>        NAME "credits"
>        STATUS DEFAULT
>        TRANSFORM FALSE
>        TYPE ANNOTATION
>        FEATURE
>            POINTS
>                10 480
>            END
>            TEXT 'Made with Mapserver.'
>        END
>        CLASS
>            LABEL
>                TYPE BITMAP
>                POSITION CR
>                COLOR 0 0 0
>            END
>        END
>    END
>   END
>