[mapguide-users] Re: Using MG_DATA_PATH_ALIAS

[Zac Spitzer]

Steve,

that's some good doco / advice, would you be able to add that as a page
on the MapGuide Wiki? http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/

z

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 6:10 AM, Steve G <steve.golden at morganhill.ca.gov> wrote:
> I am a bit confused by your XML snippet that you copied.  It doesn't look
> quite right to me.  Below is a test from a sample data definition that I
> just created (the alias name is "RDriveGIS").
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <FeatureSource xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
> xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="FeatureSource-1.0.0.xsd">
>  <Provider>OSGeo.Gdal</Provider>
>  <Parameter>
>    <Name>DefaultRasterFileLocation</Name>
>
> <Value>%MG_DATA_PATH_ALIAS[RDriveGIS]%Aerials/1995Aerials/TIF/B05.TIF</Value>
>  </Parameter>
> </FeatureSource>
>
>
> Can you copy and post the whole XML document?  Just to make sure we're on
> the same page, the easiest way is use Maestro and click on the button at the
> top (Maestro 3.x tool name says "Edit as XML"....it looks slightly different
> in 2.x versions but gives you the same xml doc).
>
> My experience is that you can reference files (unmanaged resources) on the
> same machine (i.e. "C" drive) or externally like on a file server.  If you
> reference to a file server via an alias here are some rules I've used to
> make it work (using MGOS versions 2.0 to 2.2):
>
> 1.      Open MapGuide Server v2.x Service properties (Control
> Panel>Administrative Tools> Services>Mapguide Server v2.x)
> 2.      Under the Log On properties, add an account that has permission to access
> the network drive
> 3.      Click apply.
> 4.      Stop and restart the service.
> 5.      Add external files (alias) in MapGuide Site Administrator.
> a.      To set-up a connection to a network drive, make sure you use the proper
> nomenclature
> CORRECT: “\\fileserver\city\utilities\GIS_Data”
> INCORRECT: “R:\city\utilities\GIS_Data”
> 6.      Stop and restart the service (any changes to the external file aliases
> will not change unless you stop and restart the service).
>
> Then go back to Maestro and recreate your data connection / feature source
> definition (depending on what version of Maestro you are using, the names
> are slightly different but the function is the same).
>
> I haven't had any problems with TIFs and ECWs (aside from some minor
> coordinate system issues) while loading from the file server.
>
> -Steve
>
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