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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think you don't understand the way mapserver
work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You have to write your own mapfile and tell which
shapefile you want to use for a specific layer. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Check the online documentation to see how to
declare a new layer for a shapefile.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sylvain B.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=beproject06@YAHOO.COM href="mailto:beproject06@YAHOO.COM">Apeksha
Bhambhani</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU
href="mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU">MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 20, 2005 9:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Shapefile
to Mapfile</DIV>
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<DIV id=RTEContent> If i have a shapefile , how do i convert it into an
appropriate mapfile ? How will i know which layer corresponds to which .shp
file ? <BR>Plz help<BR></DIV>
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