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<DIV><SPAN class=670100315-24102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Matt,
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<DIV><SPAN class=670100315-24102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>For
question #1, are you talking about the .dbf that is part of the shapefile, or a
second .dbf that you would like to join to? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=670100315-24102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>For
question #2, I would just suggest downloading the legislative district
shapefiles from the MN Legislative GIS Office: <A
href="http://www.gis.leg.mn/metadata/leg02.htm">http://www.gis.leg.mn/metadata/leg02.htm</A>
(there is a download link in the metadata)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=670100315-24102006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>David.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> UMN MapServer
Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Matt
Pettis<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 23, 2006 10:58 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Shading
Polygons and removing internal boundaries from shapefiles<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>