[Mapserver-users] Geotiff and Extent confusion

[Michael Hughes]

Thanks a million.  The format of the Extent line was incorrect at you 
noted.  I also recompiled the mapserv and it works now.  After 2 days of 
banging my head against the wall I finally am moving forward again.

Michael Hughes


Dylan Keon wrote:

> From your mapserv -v I see you have both GDAL and MapServer's TIFF 
> support enabled.  If you compile --with-gdal it's also a good idea to 
> compile --without-tiff.
>
> Also, is your EXTENT correct?  It should be in the form of 'minx miny 
> maxx maxy'.  I think you might have the miny and maxy switched.
>
> --Dylan
>
>
> On 12/24/2003 11:56 AM Michael Hughes wrote:
>
>> I hate posting this because I see the same question posted again and 
>> again in the list.  Unfortunately there are no real answers on the 
>> list or the wiki, so here it goes again.
>>
>> I have installed mapserver 4.01 and verified that it works via the 
>> demo.  I have downloaded a USGS GeoTiff file from topozone and the 
>> associated tfw file.  I adjusted my map file to attempt to load the 
>> tif file instead of the pngs created for the demo.  Of course I 
>> cannot get the darned thing to display.  I am sure that the problem 
>> lies in the extent settings.  I am just not smart enought to fix it 
>> yet.  The values provided by gdalinfo do not match the values 
>> provided in the tfw file just to add to my confusion.  I am trying to 
>> simply display the image with the mapping server, without adding 
>> overlays or anything else at this point.  I am sure that it is simply 
>> a newbie mistake that is keeping me from displaying the image 
>> successfully, hopefully someone can help me out.  I have provided all 
>> of the information that I think is applicable below.
>>
>> Michael Hughes
>>