[mapserver-commits] r8219 - trunk/docs/input

[svn at osgeo.org]

Author: warmerdam
Date: 2008-12-09 10:30:05 -0500 (Tue, 09 Dec 2008)
New Revision: 8219

Modified:
   trunk/docs/input/raster_data.txt
Log:
improve path notes on tileindex a bit

Modified: trunk/docs/input/raster_data.txt
===================================================================
--- trunk/docs/input/raster_data.txt	2008-12-09 14:22:01 UTC (rev 8218)
+++ trunk/docs/input/raster_data.txt	2008-12-09 15:30:05 UTC (rev 8219)
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 :Contact:       warmerdam at pobox.com
 :Revision: $Revision$
 :Date: $Date$
-:Last Updated: 2007/12/01
+:Last Updated: 2007/12/09
 
 .. contents:: Table of Contents
     :depth: 2
@@ -317,14 +317,18 @@
 
 - The shapefile (index_file) will be created if it doesn't already exist.
 - The default tile index field is 'location'.
+- Simple rectangular polygons are generated in the same
+  coordinate system as the rasters.
 - Raster filenames will be put in the file exactly as they are specified
   on the commandline.
-- Simple rectangular polygons are generated in the same
-  coordinate system as the rasters.
+- Many problems with tile indexes relate to how relative paths in the tile
+  index are evaluated.  They should be evaluated relative to the SHAPEPATH 
+  if one is set, otherwise relative to the tileindex file.  When in doubt 
+  absolute paths may avoid path construction problems.
 
 The gdaltindex program is built as part of GDAL. Prebuilt binaries for GDAL
-including the gdaltindex program can be downloaded as part of the `FWTools`_
-distribution, and are also included in `MS4W`_.
+including the gdaltindex program can be downloaded as part of the `OSGeo4W`_,
+`FWTools`_ and `MS4W`_ distributions.
 
 Raster Warping
 ==============
@@ -807,6 +811,7 @@
 .. _`gdaltindex`: http://gdal.maptools.org/gdal_utilities.html
 .. _`FWTools`: http://fwtools.maptools.org/
 .. _`MS4W`: http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/
+.. _`OSGeo4W`: http://osgeo4w.osgeo.org/
 .. _`LAYER object`: http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/mapfile/layer
 .. _`RasterQuery`: http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?RasterQuery
 .. _`gdaladdo`: http://gdal.maptools.org/gdal_utilities.html