[Geomoose-users] Creating of .map for Geomoose

[Bistrais, Bob]

Hi Caitlin, and welcome to GeoMoose,

The .map is indeed a text-based file, and it is the specification used by MapServer.  It is created/edited in a text editor, not in ArcGIS.  I thought there was a plugin for QGIS that would create MapServer mapfiles, but not sure.

Here is a URL to the MapServer website describing the mapfile: http://www.mapserver.org/mapfile/

Here is a tutorial on mapfiles: http://mapserver.org/tutorial/section1.html

You can also look at the demo data mapfiles that come with the GeoMoose download.  You should find them in \ms4w\apps\geomoose2\maps\demo\

That should give you something to look over, hopefully someone else here can point you to better resources.  Don't be afraid to ask questions to this list, the GM community is very helpful.

Bob

From: Geomoose-users [mailto:geomoose-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Caitlin Prodoehl
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 9:05 AM
To: geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [Geomoose-users] Creating of .map for Geomoose

Hello,

I am a first time user to GeoMoose and kind of have an idea on how it works. However, the one thing that is stumping me is the .map which I assume is a text based map. How do I go about creating those? Is it in ArcMap or do I have to use some other program? Please let me know.

Thank you,
Caitlin Prodoehl

Caitlin Prodoehl
GIS Technician
(320) 208-6578 office
Stevens County
400 Colorado Ave. Suite 302, Morris, MN, 56267
[https://mail.co.stevens.mn.us/county.png]<http://www.co.stevens.mn.us/>

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