[ANNOUNCE] MapServer Console: AXL 2 Mapserver converter

Abe Gillespie abe.gillespie at GMAIL.COM
Thu Nov 17 10:39:54 EST 2005


ArcExplorer can make them.  I believe ArcMap can also export them. 
You should be able to find documentation at esri.com.

-Abe

On 11/17/05, work at xwb.com <work at xwb.com> wrote:
> Where can I find documentation on AXL files and can I make them from ARC
> Catalog or ArcMap 9.0?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
> > Behalf Of Abe Gillespie
> > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 6:49 AM
> > To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] [ANNOUNCE] MapServer Console: AXL 2
> > Mapserver converter
> >
> > Well, I just tried it in Windows and it extracted fine.  Before I was
> > working in Ubuntu Linux and I was getting some error during
> > extraction.
> >
> > -Abe
> >
> > On 11/14/05, Umberto Nicoletti <umberto.nicoletti at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > What do you mean by broken? On my Windows XP/Linux box it works just
> > fine.
> > >
> > > Anyway I will release a better packaged version next week.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Umberto
> > >
> > > On 11/11/05, Abe Gillespie <abe.gillespie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I'm looking forward to giving this a try.  Unfortunately the
> > > > downloadable archive (0.9) is broken.  Would you please fix this and
> > > > let us know?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > > -Abe
> > > >
> > > > On 11/9/05, Umberto Nicoletti <umberto.nicoletti at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > During the last month I have been working on a conversion program
> > > > > called MapServer Console that strives to generates valid and working
> > > > > mapserver .map files from AXL files.
> > > > > The software is currently in beta* and is available from cvs and
> > > > > through sourceforge.
> > > > >
> > > > > I haven't had a chance to try it on Windows yet so I cannot
> > guarantee
> > > > > that it will work reliably or at all on that platform. All other
> > > > > UNIX-like platforms that can run Java at least 1.4 should present no
> > > > > problems.
> > > > >
> > > > > The software is at the site:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://msconsole.sourceforge.net
> > > > >
> > > > > Notes for Windows users are on the download page:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://msconsole.sourceforge.net/?page_id=11
> > > > >
> > > > > And the feature list is here:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://msconsole.sourceforge.net/?page_id=7
> > > > >
> > > > > Please note that the site allows for anonymous comments, so you can
> > > > > post your thoughts there, if relevant.
> > > > >
> > > > > The AXL files I usually work with are generated from Arc Explorer 9,
> > > > > so the features available are limited. On the other hand
> > customization
> > > > > is very easy so new features will be supported with a reasonable
> > > > > amount of work.
> > > > >
> > > > > I hope you enjoy it as much as I have done while writing it!
> > > > > Umberto
> > > > >
> > > > > * I called this release a beta only because the number of supported
> > > > > features is not complete, but in fact the sofwtare is very stable.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
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