[mapserver-users] Mapfile & Brain Damage
Kieran J. Ames
kames at keyspanenergy.com
Fri Mar 8 17:00:05 EST 2002
List,
Sorry if I'm asking the obvious, but I decided to stop spinning my
wheels and start asking for help.
In a nutshell, I can't get all layers to render when I select them.
Depending on where I place them in the mapfile (or if I place them in
the mapfile at all), there seems to be an impact on the remaining
layers.
I'm trying to set up data layers for Census 2000 data. I downloaded the
Census Regions, Divisions, ZCTAs, Tracts, Block groups and Blocks. (For
the record, many of these polygon layers are like parent/child polygons.
For instance, a polygon of Census tracts would be the border for several
block groups. If I were to zoom into a block group, its border would be
the same for many (child) blocks. Therefore, if they were placed on top
of each other, (and depending on the order in which they are defines),
one might obscure the detail of the other.
No problem there. I'd expect that. But, I can't seem to put all these
layers in one mapfile and select any individual ONE and be sure it will
work.
The mapfile follows. I've moved layers around and around with no
consistent results. Right now, they are in the following order:
LAYER # Census_Tracts_Northeast_USA
LAYER # Census_Block_Groups_Northeast_USA
LAYER # Connecticut Blocks
LAYER # Massachusetts Blocks
LAYER # New Hampshire Blocks
LAYER # New Jersey Blocks
LAYER # Rhode Island Blocks
LAYER # New York Blocks (Downstate Area Only)
LAYER # Major_Highways
LAYER # Census_ZCTAs_Northeast_USA
LAYER # Cities
LAYER # Census_Divisions
LAYER # Census_Regions
Any guidance appreciated.
Kieran
#################################################
NAME Census_2000
SIZE 500 400
IMAGECOLOR 166 202 240 # A6CAF0 # Ocean Blue
#EXTENT -76.622 37.303 -68.061 45.626
EXTENT -134.304871 11.605812 -56.418810 69.988443 # USA
# -74.259832 40.470558 -71.854168 41.317442 # NYC & Long Island
# -75.782502 36.751918 -64.684638 45.608683 # NYC
# -75.782502 36.751918 -64.684638 45.608683 # Long Island
# -71.311839 42.079295 -70.645395 42.612033 # Boston
SHAPEPATH "/maps/Census/"
SYMBOLSET '../symbols/symbols.sym'
FONTSET '../symbols/fonts/fonts.list'
UNITS DD
#MARKERSET "../symbols/marker.sym"
#
# Start of web interface definition
#
WEB
TEMPLATE 'Census.html'
IMAGEPATH 'g:\maps\tmp\'
IMAGEURL '/mapserv/tmp/'
END #WEB
#
# Start of reference map
#
#REFERENCE
# SIZE 150 160
# IMAGE g:\_PublicWebSite\wwwroot/maps/census/ref_test.map.gif
# EXTENT -75.560 38.929 -69.928 45.305
# STATUS OFF
# COLOR -1 -1 -1
# OUTLINECOLOR 255 0 0
#END #REFERENCE
#
# Start of legend
#
LEGEND
IMAGECOLOR 205 205 205
KEYSIZE 18 12
LABEL
TYPE BITMAP
SIZE MEDIUM
COLOR 0 0 89
POSITION UR
END
STATUS on
END #LEGEND
#
# Start of scalebar
#
SCALEBAR
STATUS EMBED
IMAGECOLOR 205 205 205
LABEL
COLOR 0 0 254
OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
SIZE MEDIUM
END #LABEL
SIZE 300 5
COLOR 0 0 250
BACKGROUNDCOLOR 255 0 255
OUTLINECOLOR 128 0 0
UNITS MILES
POSITION UR
# INTERVALS 10
# TRANSPARENT TRUE
STATUS on
END #SCALEBAR
###################################################
###### Start of layer definitions ######
###################################################
# BEGIN CENSUS TRACTS
LAYER # Census_Tracts_Northeast_USA
NAME "Census_Tracts_Northeast_USA"
TYPE Polygon
STATUS ON
DATA 'Tracts/focus_northeast_tracts'
CLASS
Name 'Census Tracts'
COLOR 221 83 91
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
END # LAYER
# BEGIN CENSUS BLOCK-GROUPS
LAYER # Census_Block_Groups_Northeast_USA
NAME "Census Block Groups"
TYPE Polygon
STATUS OFF
DATA 'BlockGroups/focus_northeast_blockgroups'
CLASS
Name 'FOCUS_northeast_blockgroups.shp'
COLOR 24 129 47
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
END # LAYER
# BEGIN CENSUS BLOCKS
LAYER # Connecticut Blocks
NAME "Connecticut Blocks"
TYPE Polygon
STATUS OFF
DATA 'Blocks/009-blocks'
CLASS
Name 'Connecticut Blocks'
COLOR 230 218 3
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
END # LAYER
LAYER # Massachusetts Blocks
NAME "Massachusetts Blocks"
TYPE Polygon
STATUS OFF
DATA 'Blocks/025-blocks'
CLASS
Name 'Massachusetts Blocks'
COLOR 108 207 28
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
END # LAYER
LAYER # New Hampshire Blocks
NAME "New Hampshire Blocks"
TYPE Polygon
STATUS OFF
DATA 'Blocks/033-blocks'
CLASS
Name 'New Hampshire Blocks'
COLOR 92 233 225
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
END # LAYER
LAYER # New Jersey Blocks
NAME "New Jersey Blocks"
TYPE Polygon
STATUS OFF
DATA 'Blocks/034-blocks'
CLASS
Name 'New Jersey Blocks'
COLOR 136 59 26
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
END # LAYER
LAYER # Rhode Island Blocks
NAME "Rhode Island Blocks"
TYPE Polygon
STATUS OFF
DATA 'Blocks/044-blocks'
CLASS
Name 'Rhode Island Blocks'
COLOR 1 191 134
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
END # LAYER
LAYER # New York Blocks (Downstate Area Only)
NAME "New York Blocks"
TYPE Polygon
STATUS Off
DATA 'Blocks/036-downstate_blocks'
CLASS
Name 'Downstate NY Census Blocks'
COLOR 208 251 86
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
END # LAYER
# BEGIN HIGHWAY LAYER
LAYER # Major_Highways
NAME 'Major_Highways'
DATA '/maps/data/national/usroute'
STATUS OFF
TYPE LINE
# LABELITEM 'ROUTE_NUM'
CLASS
NAME 'Major Highways'
COLOR 0 0 0
SYMBOL gas_pipe
SIZE 20
END # CLASS
END # LAYER
LAYER # Census_ZCTAs_Northeast_USA
NAME "Zipcode Tabulation Areas"
TYPE POLYLINE
STATUS OFF
DATA 'ZCTA/focus_northeast_zcta'
STATUS OFF
CLASS
NAME "ZCTA"
COLOR 128 128 128
SYMBOL 0
# OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # Class
END # LAYER
LAYER # Cities
NAME Cities
TYPE POINT
STATUS OFF
DATA "../data/ESRIDATA/USA/cities"
CLASSITEM "POP1990"
LABELITEM CITY_NAME
CLASS
NAME "Pop LT 200000"
EXPRESSION (([POP1990] > 50000) and ([POP1990] < 200001))
SYMBOL FILLED_TRIANGLE
SIZE 10
# OUTLINECOLOR 0
COLOR 0 0 0
END
CLASS
NAME "Pop GT 200000"
EXPRESSION ([POP1990] > 200000)
SYMBOL circle
SIZE 10
# OUTLINECOLOR 0
COLOR 255 0 0
END
END # CLASSITEM
END # LAYER
LAYER # Census_Divisions
NAME "Census_Divisions"
TYPE Polyline
STATUS OFF
DATA 'Divisions/dv99_d00'
CLASSITEM 'NAME'
CLASS
NAME "East North Central"
EXPRESSION 'East North Central'
SYMBOL 0
COLOR 192 101 73
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
CLASS
NAME "East South Central"
EXPRESSION 'East South Central'
SYMBOL 0
COLOR 255 215 0
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
CLASS
NAME "Middle Atlantic"
EXPRESSION 'Middle Atlantic'
SYMBOL 0
COLOR 189 183 107
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
CLASS
NAME "Mountain"
EXPRESSION 'Mountain'
SYMBOL 0
COLOR 247 181 103
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
CLASS
NAME "New England"
EXPRESSION 'New England'
SYMBOL 0
COLOR 206 195 149
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
CLASS
NAME "Pacific"
EXPRESSION 'Pacific'
SYMBOL 0
COLOR 205 155 29
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
CLASS
NAME "South Atlantic"
EXPRESSION 'South Atlantic'
SYMBOL 0
COLOR 240 230 140
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
CLASS
NAME "West North Central"
EXPRESSION 'West North Central'
SYMBOL 0
COLOR 167 175 94
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
CLASS
NAME "West South Central"
EXPRESSION 'West South Central'
SYMBOL 0
COLOR 192 144 88
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
CLASS
NAME "No Data"
EXPRESSION 'No Data'
SYMBOL 0
COLOR -1 -1 -1
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
END # CLASSITEM
END # LAYER
LAYER # Census_Regions
NAME "Census_Regions"
TYPE POLYGON
STATUS DEFAULT
DATA 'Regions/rg99_d00'
CLASSITEM 'NAME'
CLASS
NAME "Midwest"
EXPRESSION 'Midwest'
SYMBOL 0
COLOR 192 101 73
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
CLASS
NAME "Northeast"
EXPRESSION 'Northeast'
SYMBOL 0
COLOR 255 215 0
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
CLASS
NAME "South"
EXPRESSION 'South'
SYMBOL 0
COLOR 189 183 107
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
CLASS
NAME "West"
EXPRESSION 'West'
SYMBOL 0
COLOR 247 181 103
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
END # CLASS
# CLASS
# NAME "No Data"
# EXPRESSION 'No Data'
# SYMBOL 0
# COLOR -1 -1 -1
# OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 254
# END # CLASS
END # CLASSITEM
END # LAYER
END # MAPFILE
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