[Mapserver-users] Adding a GIF layer to my .map file

[Bruce Bushby]

type 'mapserv -v' and check what has been compiled, you may find that you
only have 'png' support. In that case cd to your demo files, find . -name
"*gif" and use 'convert' to convert them into 'png'.

-----Original Message-----
From: mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu
[mailto:mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu]On Behalf Of Mario
Servin
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:43 PM
To: nacional at cbs.umn.edu
Cc: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] Adding a GIF layer to my .map file


Hi all,
    Still I am fooling around with this....
This is my .map fiel can anybody tell me what is wrong this file ? The GIF
image is not shown.
#
# Start of map file
#
NAME DEMO
STATUS ON
SIZE 600 600
EXTENT -71.89965056 -41.36073059 -71.08687515 -40.99260904
UNITS DD
SHAPEPATH "Bariloche"
IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255

# you may need to change this to match your MapServer build
IMAGETYPE PNG

#
# Start of web interface definition (including WMS enabling metadata)
#
WEB
  HEADER demo_header.html
  TEMPLATE demo.html
  FOOTER demo_footer.html
  MINSCALE 1000
  MAXSCALE 1550000
  IMAGEPATH "set in demo_init.html"
  IMAGEURL "set in demo_init.html"
  METADATA
    WMS_TITLE "UMN MapServer Itasca Demo"
    WMS_ABSTRACT "This is the UMN MapServer demonstration application for
Itasca County located in north central Minnesota."
    WMS_ACCESSCONSTRAINTS none

    # change this value to match your setup
    WMS_ONLINERESOURCE "http://mariolaptop/MyPages/itasca/demo_init.html"

    WMS_SRS "EPSG:26915"
  END
END

#
# Start of legend
#
LEGEND
  KEYSIZE 18 12
  LABEL
    TYPE BITMAP
    SIZE MEDIUM
    COLOR 0 0 89
  END
  STATUS ON
END

#
# Start of scalebar
#
SCALEBAR
  IMAGECOLOR 0 0 0
  LABEL
    COLOR 255 255 255
    SIZE MEDIUM
  END
  STYLE 1
  SIZE 300 10
  COLOR 255 255 255
  UNITS KILOMETERS
  INTERVALS 5
  TRANSPARENT TRUE
  STATUS TRUE
END

#
# Start of symbol definitions (we're only using a few)
#
SYMBOL
  NAME 'circle'
  TYPE ELLIPSE
  POINTS 1 1 END
  FILLED TRUE
END

#
# Start of layer definitions
#

LAYER
  NAME LagoRutas
  TYPE POLYGON
  STATUS DEFAULT
  DATA LagoRutas
  CLASS
    NAME 'Lago y Rutas'
    COLOR 100 150 255
  END
END # lago

LAYER
  NAME calles
  TYPE LINE
  STATUS DEFAULT
  DATA calles
#  CLASS
#    NAME 'Calles'
#    COLOR 0 0 0
 # END
  CLASSITEM "NAME"
  LABELITEM "NAME"
  CLASS
   NAME 'Calles'
   COLOR 0 0 0
      LABEL
       COLOR 0 0 0
       TYPE BITMAP
       SIZE MEDIUM
       ANTIALIAS TRUE
       POSITION CC
       PARTIALS FALSE
       MINDISTANCE 300
       BUFFER 4
     END # end of label

  END
END # calles

LAYER # MODIS raster layer begins here
    TYPE RASTER
    STATUS ON
    NAME "modis"
    DATA "ImgRow4xCol4.gif"
END # MODIS raster layer ends here


END # Map File

Additionally the ImgRow4xCol4.gfw file is as follows:
0.000313
0
0
0.000313
-71.488229
-40.989377

    Where pixel dimensions where measured in GG.GGGGGG
    Regards,
                Mario
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pericles S. Nacionales" <nacional at cbs.umn.edu>
To: "Mario Servin" <mservin at tecnoaccion.com.ar>
Cc: <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] Adding a GIF layer to my .map file


> You are way ahead of me.  The version 4 tutorial isn't available for
> public consumption yet.  It isn't complete (but thanks for pointing out
> a raster projection issue that I have almost forgotten).  Please don't
> use the tutorial just yet as I don't want to waste time answering
> questions instead of finishing the tutorial.
>
> The definitive how-to for raster layers is available in the
> documentation section of the mapserver site:
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc40/raster-howto.html
>
> I also recommend browsing through the how-tos for more in depth
> explanations of concepts in MapServer.  The tutorial will point you to
> these references when it becomes available.
>
> -Perry N.
>
> On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 09:17, Mario Servin wrote:
> > Hi,
> >     I followed the MapServer 4.0 Tutorial  for puting a layer with a GIF
> > (RASTER type) in my .map file.  Well, nothing happened. The image is not
> > shown. Ok, I did not realize that MapServer has no information about
> > georeference of the GIF file, but nothing was mentioned about it in the
> > Tutorial. Could it be the reason that the image is not shown?. Anyway,
how
> > can I georeference my GIF file?
> >     Regards,
> >                 Mario
> >
> >
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> --
> Pericles S. Nacionales <nacional at cbs.umn.edu>
> University of Minnesota
>


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