[mapserver-users] dazed & confused (fwd)

Stepan Kafka kafka at email.cz
Tue Jun 19 09:33:35 EDT 2001


There can be several problems. Please, try first
put line

 STATUS = default

in your LAYER definition.

Stepan Kafka

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> Pøedmìt: [mapserver-users] dazed & confused (fwd)
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> From: Chuck Bokath <chuck.bokath at air2web.com>
> To: "'mapserver-info at lists.gis.umn.edu'"
> <mapserver-info at lists.gis.umn.edu>
> Subject: dazed & confused
> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 09:15:59 -0400
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>
> Hello,
>
> I am newbie to GIS & Mapserver, I am trying to setup a location based
> service application using the ericsson visual net emulator. I
> have set this
> portion up no problem, I can query the emulator and get back an
> XML message
> with lat/long positioning coordinates.
>
> I have setup the mapserver on a winNT box, and have successfully completed
> the demo and can query the mapserver via cgi. When I add my map
> (.gif) that
> I used above for the LBS, it does not appear. I get a red block instead,
> which could be the default background color. In my temp
> directory, I can see
> each map is being generated, when I display a temp map, there is
> no picture.
>
>
> I have tried substituting my .gif in the demo, and replacing the
> extent with
> the .gif extent.
>
> I have tried just to bring up the map using the cgi variable
> mode=reference,
> and also using mode=browse. When I use the mode= reference,  I get a red
> square, when I use the mode=browse I get the alternate text from the <img
> .... > tag.
>
> Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong?
>
> Here is a copy of my map file
>
>
> MAP
> NAME ATLANTA
> STATUS ON
> SIZE 250 250
> UNITS meters
> IMAGECOLOR 9 0 0
> EXTENT 742230 3741870 754620 3754070
> TRANSPARENT ON
>
> WEB
> TEMPLATE /webserver/xitami/webpages/gisdemo/ms_demo/atltemplate.html
> IMAGEPATH "/webserver/xitami/temp/"
> IMAGEURL "/temp/"
> LOG "atl.log"
> END
>
> REFERENCE
>  IMAGE /webserver/xitami/webpages/AtlantaMap.gif
>  SIZE 250 250
>    STATUS on
>    EXTENT 742230 3741870 754620 3754070
>
>  #OUTLINECOLOR 255 250 0
> END
>
> LAYER
> NAME "GENERAL"
> #DATA /webserver/xitami/webpages/AtlantaMap.png
> END
> END
>
>
> Chuck Bokath
> Air2Web, Inc.
>
> Promenade II
> 1230 Peachtree Rd
> Atlanta, Georgia
> +1 404 942 5311
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