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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#800000>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#800000>I just installed MapServer because I
want to do some graphical shading of polygons that represent MN voting
precints. I have two particular questions:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#800000>1. Is there an example mapfile
or mapscript that helps me understand how to shade polygons on a scale based
upon a numeric value in a .dbf file?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#800000>2. I want to graphically show
Legislative districts, and I have voting precint shapefiles. How do I
aggregate precints that belong to a legislative district and make that one
polygon, erasing the lines that would be internal to this aggregated
region?<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>