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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">All,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have not been able to connect MapServer to OpenLayers using TileIndex directive in Mapserver. Has anyone been able to do this?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">There are four geoTIFFs in the directory /ms4w/apps/ms_tiles/data/tiles. gdaltindex made a tileindex shapfile G15Tiles.shp in the same directory as the data. The output G15Tiles.shp has the correct entries for each of the four images to be mosaicked and the correct overall bounding box for the mosaic. The MapServer mapfile has the following entry:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">LAYER</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> NAME G15Tiles</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> GROUP "Imagery"</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> PROJECTION</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> "init=epsg:4326"</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> END</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> TYPE RASTER</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> DUMP TRUE</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> STATUS DEFAULT</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> # where the tiles are</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> TILEINDEX "/ms4w/apps/ms_tiles/data/tiles/G15Tiles.shp"</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> TILEITEM "../data/tiles/"</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> more metadata items </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">END</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This is the layer creation code in OpenLayers:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> var map;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> window.onload = function(){</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> map = new OpenLayers.Map('map',{ controls: [] }, {maxResolution: 'auto'} );</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> var g15tiles = new OpenLayers.Layer.MapServer("G15Tiles",</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> "</FONT><A HREF="http://dnocc8036:8090/cgi-bin/ms_tiles"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://dnocc8036:8090/cgi-bin/ms_tiles</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">",</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> {layers: 'G15Tiles'});</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> map.addLayer(g15tiles);</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The OpenLayers HTML page gives two pink boxes. Is there anyone who knows about MapServer + Tile Mosaics + OpenLayers who can help? </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Jeff Copes</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Harris Corporation</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Enterprise Architecture COE – Geospatial Systems</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(321) 984-6556</FONT>
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