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<p class="MsoPlainText">I would also recommend for just learning MapServer to us MS4W, that way you shouldn't have to worry about configuring IIS or other stuff like that. MS4W will install on a Windows box in about 30 seconds. Just disable IIS first (because
MS4W will install Apache and want to use port 80).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">This way you can spend time learning about creating mapfiles and WMS services on a known good configuration, then later figure out how to make it work with other distributions and web servers, and other OS too.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Michael Smith MS GISP</b><br>
State GIS Manager, Maine Office of GIS<br>
State of Maine, Office of Information Technology<br>
<i>michael.smith _at_ maine.gov</i> 207-215-5530<br>
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Board Member, Maine GeoLibrary<br>
Education Chair, Maine GIS Users Group<br>
State Rep, National States Geographic Information Council</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D">State House Station 145<br>
51 Commerce Drive<br>
Augusta, ME 04333-0145<br>
69<sup>o</sup> 47' 58.9"W 44<sup>o</sup> 21' 54.8"N</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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<p class="MsoPlainText">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: mapserver-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Woodbridge<br>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 4:09 PM<br>
To: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org<br>
Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] New to Mapserver</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Hi Tim,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">I would recommend the Mapserver Tutorial<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">http://www.mapserver.org/tutorial/<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">I think this will work you through all the basics of getting started
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<p class="MsoPlainText">including build simple examples.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Start with a simple trivial example so you can verify that your system
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<p class="MsoPlainText">is installed correctly and working. If you have not done this then
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<p class="MsoPlainText">trying more complex stuff will just be confusing and miss-leading.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">-Steve W<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">On 7/31/2014 4:01 PM, Tim Nasman wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Hello Mapserver Community,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">> I am still trying to grasp the concepts of GIS on a whole and I have a<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> few preliminary questions that I could use a little more detail about<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Mapserver. Currently I am getting a msLoadMap(): Unable to access fille<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> error with mapserv reading my mapfile within my IIS server even though I<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> have the security setup correctly on my IIS.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> I am running Mapserver as a WMS with:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">> IIS 8.5: Windows Server 2012 R2 64 bit<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Mapserver: 6.0.3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> MS4W: 3.0.6<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">> I also think I am still confused about WMS as a whole. From my<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> understanding you have<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> SHAPEPATH-this seems to draw your vector data from shapefiles stored on<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> the server.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> IMAGEPATH- the URL where the temporary image file is created from the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> shapefiles<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> IMAGEURL- Base URL for IMAGEPATH<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">> I think as far as the WMS METADATA is where I get a tad confused. Is all<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> the metadata just information being read from another WMS/database and<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> then projected onto the map?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> WMS_title is the name of the server I am pulling the info from<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> wms_onlineresource is the url where the map is<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> wms_srs is the projection of the map<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> so from what I understand you project these layers form your browser. So<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> when you project these layers do you also project the shapefiles over<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> these layers from the Shapepath as well?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">> I know the goal of our Mapserver is to receive data from POSTGIS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> databases and Microsoft SQL databases and then potentially NOSQL down<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> the road. I think I may be getting hung up on these test mapfiles but I<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> figured getting these local files should be the first step in<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> understanding Mapserver as a whole.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">> Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Tim<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> --<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Timothy Nasman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Data Analyst | Programmer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Rolling Leaf Inc.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> [V] : 910.274.1436 <tel:910.274.1436><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> [E] : tnasman@rollingleaf.com <mailto:jochs@rollingleaf.com><o:p></o:p></p>
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