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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi, Eric</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Let's see... If you really want to
work on Windows NT you probably should think about compiling MapServer for
yourself. That said, there is a compiled binary available from the the
MapServer site. This is probably what you would want to do
initially.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I assume you know about web servers
already. If not, then you need to install a web server on your computer--a
couple of free ones: Microsoft IIS (free to use) and Apache.org's Apache
server (free to use and modify code). You'll need to copy the MapServer
executable to your web server's cgi-bin directory. From there you can
start using MapServer.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Now, you also would want to download the
symbol files and put it somewhere--doesn't have to be a web accesible
directory. Now my suggestion would be to download the MapServer demo and
get it to work on your server. If you would like to see the demo
running on Windows NT, check <A
href="http://128.101.73.80/mapserv/demo_init.html">http://128.101.73.80/mapserv/demo_init.html</A>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> You can also look at <A
href="http://128.101.73.154/projects/tutorial">http://128.101.73.154/projects/tutorial</A>
to get started on MapServer--this site is also running on Windows NT. It
works fairly well except for the last example (prblems with the java
applet).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Well this should keep you busy for a
while. If you have more questions send it to the mapserver-users
list. One final thing, MapServer on NT hasn't really been rigorously
tested and isn't considered to be as stable as the ports on UNIX systems.
Hopefully, it will work just fine for what you want to do.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good luck!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Perry N.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Pericles S. Nacionales<BR>Research Assistant<BR>Department of Forest
Resources<BR>University of Minnesota</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="mailto:pnaciona@gis.umn.edu">pnaciona@gis.umn.edu</A><BR>(612) 625
5765</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=hkgis@hotmail.com href="mailto:hkgis@hotmail.com">Rappa</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=steve.lime@dnr.state.mn.us
href="mailto:steve.lime@dnr.state.mn.us">steve.lime@dnr.state.mn.us</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 23, 1999 8:07
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Find Helps</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Steve,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Nice to meet you! I am a new user of mapserver, I come from
Hong Kong, studing GIS and I am a final year student. I want to make a network
model and put it in the web. I saw mapserver can free for develop web map,
that great. But I have a big problem, that I have no more experience in
programming. Actually I really want to make a web map for my
project.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I using arcview 3.2, and network anaylst for my gis system.
Also the server I prefer WinNT4.0 than the Unix.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Now I looking someone can carry me to make a web map server.
I will appreciate more, if anyone can help.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks a lot,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Eric Tang</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>