[mapserver-users] Need help selecting vector data source

[Roger André]

Version 1.6 of the gshhs shapefiles are polygon features.  You can find them
at ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/GIS/GISData/GSHHS/
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On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Pablo Romero <romero619 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  hello,
> I need help selecting a datasource to produce the following: a basic,
> high-resolution land map, showing ONLY coastlines and bodies of water.
> basically, Im trying to emulate a type of image tiling that I found on
> another site, which I believe is also being produced using mapserver, but Im
> unsure about which data source/shapefile is being used.
>
> Ive ATTACHED the image.
> You can see that image includes a high-resolution map of the florida coast,
> including interior bodies of water.
>
> Ive tried using the "admin98.shp" and "world_vector_shorelines.shp" in
> order to recreate these results, but these two shapefiles dont include
> interior bodies of water (lakes, ponds, etc.). Ive ALSO tried using the
> gshhs shapefiles (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/gshhs.html), and
> these *seem* like they might work, but they are broken up into separate
> shapefiles for coastal outline, lakes, ponds, etc., and these shapefiles are
> IN LINES instead of POLYGONS/POLYLINES, so I cannot figure out how to "fill"
> the space between "lines" with a different color  in order to make the
> landmasses and interior bodies of water "stand out".
>
> So, simply put, my question is: can someone please help me figure out /
> recommend which data source I should use in order to produce output similiar
> to the image Ive attached? just high-resolution coastal outline and interior
> bodies of water IN decimal degrees (WGS1984?), please help....
>
> P.Romero
>
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