[Mapserver-users] (Fwd) about tileindex shp

[woodbri at swoodbridge.com]

The relationship between tileindex location, the location string, 
shapepath and data  and whether you specify absolute paths or 
relative paths have been a very confusing to me in the past. I know a 
bunch of work has been done to make them work in a more rational way 
in 3.7.

In the past, I have just played with them til I was able to get 
something to work. Maybe someone has a better explanation.

What version of Mapserver are you using?

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Date sent:      	Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:27:59 +0800 (CST)
From:           	Chen Fu <novalet at yahoo.com.cn>
Subject:        	about tileindex shp
To:             	woodbri at swoodbridge.com

Hi!
i try to use tileindex shp according to
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?search=BathymetryHowTo

As a test, shp2img can generate the right gif
according to the simple map file. Then i use it on the
web, the tileindex layer doesn't work, but the other
vector/raster layers work fine. I check the setting to
confirm it almost the same as the map file i tested in
shp2img, except an additional TEMPLATE attribute.
Still not any reponse, just like the layer is not
there.

A question i wanna ask is how to check the warning or
error raised by mapserv.exe in cgi environment? if
mispell the shp name in map, "Unable to access file"
will shown while i use shp2img. But in cgi mode, i
can't see anything if a DATA attribute is deliberately
changed to wrong name. the layer will just not be
shown. (but when SHAPEPATH is wrong, the mapserv will
stop). I wonder whether mapserv complain something i
cant see.

Another question: it seems the layer dont use DATA
attribute. TILEINDEX take its place. But seems the
TILEINDEX can't accept the file with directory part
like "globe/dem.shp", only "dem.shp" is acceptable
(test in shp2img). Is it right? so we have to put the
tileindex shp in the SHAPEPATH directly? (I just do
like that, but don't know why mapserv is still mad at
me :< )

any idea and suggestion? 


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