A little help please

Mon Nov 7 23:29:50 EST 2005

An initialization string must come from somewhere. It tells the service 
where to start, which map file to use, layers to start with, etc. For 
auto-starting your map service you have at least two options.
1. A javascript redirector. just place the following code in its own file:
<pre>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<html>
<head>
<title>Welcome to ...</title>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
function DoMe() {
document.location = "/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?" + 
"zoomsize=2&layer=tidestations&layer=countries&layer=states&map=c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mapdocs\tester.map";
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="DoMe()">
<h1>One moment please...<br>Page Loading</h1>
</body>
</html>
</pre>

2. An HTML only solution. Just change the width and height values to fit 
your service.
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<html>
<head>
<title>Welcome to ...</title>
</head>
<iframe width=600 height=400 
src="/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?zoomsize=2&layer=tidestations&layer=countries&layer=states&map=c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mapdocs\tester.map"></iframe>
</body>
</html>
</pre>
Hope this helps

Richard C Orth

Gary Watry wrote:

> Here is a development site I am working on,
>
> I have borrows button icons from Canada, and most of the borrowed code 
> comes from the tutorials, or is noted in the source code.
>
> http://indianocean.coaps.fsu.edu/httpdocs/tester.html
>
> The two issues are sort of related.
>
> 1. I would like to have just one page, so I don’t have the 
> initialization page like I currently do. What is this done in and 
> where does the initialization code from tester.html go? Does it get 
> put into the tester1.html file?
>
> 2. I want to put the little clip or animation that tells people to 
> wait while the program maps are loading. For example like on the 
> Canadian site
>
> http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/environment/naturalhazards/majorforestfires
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated?
>
> I am a GIS user/administrator getting into Open Source programming and 
> can use any help I can get
>
> Thanks
>
> ______________________________________________________________
>
> Gary L. Watry
>
>
> GIS Coordinator
> Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies
> FSU / COAPS
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> Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2840
>
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