[mapserver-users] newbie problems

[pbinkley at library.ualberta.ca]

A newbie suggestion for problem 1: I notice you're using the same extent
settings for the main map and the reference map, but a different aspect
ratio (600x600 for the main map, 200x146 for the reference map). Could that
be throwing it off? I'm grappling with some similar problems and am still
trying to get a grip on how all the variables work together. My reference
map bounding box zooms out when I zoom in on the main map...

Peter

Peter Binkley
Interface Development Coordinator, TAL Online
email: pbinkley at thealbertalibrary.ab.ca
phone: 492-5282, ext. 242 
fax: (780) 492-9243
post: Cameron Library 4-30
      University of Alberta
      Edmonton Alberta 
      T6G 2J8

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drew [mailto:drish at bigpond.net.au]
> Sent: August 23, 2001 8:50 PM
> To: Mapserver listserver
> Subject: [mapserver-users] newbie problems
> 
> 
> Ok, I'm still dealing with 4 basic problems:
> 
> 1. the bounding box on the reference map is showing up in the 
> wrong place
> 2. I can't figure out how to get GPS coordinates displayed to 
> the user by
> clicking the map
> 3. I can't figure out how to plot sites on the map based on 
> GPS coordinates
> 4. The labels in my point layer show up as dots (when I have 
> the layer on),
> I was told there's a problem with DGN to SHP conversion
> 
> With problem 1, I tried using ogrinfo on my tileindex file to get the
> extents, and that was off, I also tried using an updated 
> tile4ms.c which got
> the extents of each tile, and figured out the overall 
> extents, but that one
> put the bounding box off the map. I tried changing the UNITS to every
> possible type, didn't work either.
> 
> In problem 2, I'm not really sure where to start. My data is 
> DGN converted
> to Shapefiles, and I'm not sure if they contain any GPS info, 
> and if they
> do, what type. I now have access to request custom data types from the
> supplier for the same area, would it be easier if the data 
> was in a certain
> format? If so, what would be ideal, and what exactly would I ask for?
> 
> I think problem 3 relies on fixing problem 2.
> 
> Problem 4 could be solved if I had an ideal data type, again, 
> what exactly
> would I ask for?
> 
> here's a URL of what I have so far
> http://melbwireless.dyndns.org/~drew/dev/itasca/test.html
> here's my .map file 
> http://melbwireless.dyndns.org/~drew/dev/itasca/demo.map
> 
> Can anyone help?
> 
> Thanks,
> Drew
>