[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for help: GDAL and txt2shp.py

[Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)]

On 7-Jul-08, at 4:54 PM, Kjell Are Refsvik wrote:

>> ...
>> No, shp2img needs a MAPFILE as input (the mapfile points to your  
>> shapefile(s) - or other datasources - and tells mapserver how to  
>> render them):
>>
>> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/utilityreference/shp2img
>
> I see. So basically - no way around installing a mapserver then :-)

I'd highly recommend this approach - no programming needed, only  
editing a simple text file, then running the command.