[mapguide-users] Feature Source and Repositories with PRJ files

[Dave Wilson]

The prj needs to exist at the time of the load, or the user has to
specify a coordinate system and the server is supposed to create a .prj.
However a bug exists when importing SHP natively that it may not create
the .prj file.
 
If importing and converting to SDF when no .prj file exists the user
specified coordinate system will get set. Otherwise you will have to
manually create a .prj file manually and upload it again.
 
If you don't know how to create the .prj.you can create one yourself.
 
Import the SHP and convert to SDF. Specify the coordinate system on
import.
 
Using the Web Tier pages http://servername/mapguide/mapagent/index.html
you can extract the WKT string by executing a GetSpatialContexts from
the Feature Service list. You need to specify the full repository path
to the SDF you uploaded:
Library://foldera/folderb/yourdata.FeatureSource
 
Place the WKT string in a file and call it .prj
 
I believe that should work.
 
Regards,
Dave

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From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Scott
Hameister
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 10:24 AM
To: 'MapGuide Users Mail List'
Subject: [mapguide-users] Feature Source and Repositories with PRJ files



Curious...I found I didn't have some PRJ files associated with SHP files
that I brought in to Author through a load Procedure (Since Deleted)...

 

...I wrongly assumed I could go into my C:\Program
Files\MapGuideOpenSource\Server\Repositories\Library\DataFiles\6b6e347e-
0000-1000-8000-00c09ffd5d3f folder for that resource and just drop the
appropriately named prj file in...but that didn't fix the projection
problem...

 

I noticed that in Author under that SHP feature source the Prj file
isn't in the list and there is no way to add it...Is there a way to fix
this in Author or do I have to put the PRJ file back with the original
SHP file and recreate a load procedure just for that layer?

 

 

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