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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Dear all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I'm a new mapserver user. I've tried to get some demos running locally on my pc (running ubuntu </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>7.10), but with no success. All required software is installed, the webserver (5.0) is up and running </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>(after installing, unpacking the demo archive, restarting apache, opening the browser and testing, I </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>get the "No query information to decode. QUERY_STRING is set, but empty."), but Somehow, I haven't </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>been able to modify the MAP and HTML files to reflect the paths of my machine. This is probably a </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>really simple and basic question, but I've really spent several hours on it and I'm getting quite </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>frustrated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Rather than listing all errors I got, here's a simples example: I created the following MAP file </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>(almost a copy from something I found on the net):</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>MAP<BR> NAME Davos_test<BR> UNITS DD<BR> # map units are decimal degrees<BR> EXTENT -180 -90 180 90<BR> # geographic extent in latitude / longitude coordinates<BR> SIZE 800 400<BR> # width and height of the display in pixels<BR> IMAGECOLOR 128 128 255<BR> #image background colour<BR> SHAPEPATH '../data'<BR>END</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Now, I think this will just create an empty frame. I saved this file as test.MAP. My question is: How </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>do I get this frame on my browser.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I'm not sure if the question is clear enough. I apologize if this is a too simple king of question, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>but I would really appreciate some help.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Thanks,<BR>António<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>