[Mapserver-users] My shapefiles do not display on Mapserver

[J. Tomasz Giermakowski]

Akhone,

I am just getting started and spent a good chunk of time figuring the 
basics. Here's what i learned so far:

-SHAPEPATH "data" (relative dir or supply whole: "/var/www/html/you..")

-for each layer: DATA yourshapfile.shp (make sure of .shp)

-EXTENT and PROJECTION *must* match! so, e.g. 

	MAP 
	...
	set UNITS DD

	set EXTENT lowerleftlong lowerleftlat upperrightlong upperrightlat

	then set your map for decimal degrees using PROJECTION and then make sure 
your shapefile (each LAYER) has its own PROJECTION specified.

what you specify at the beginning is the output projection for the MAP
(therefore EXTENT, UNITS, and PROJECTION must be all coordinated). each
LAYER can then have a different PROJECTION


cheers! tom

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Akhona Damane wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I have been trying all that I can think of but I did not have my
> shapefiles displayed on Mapserver. I managed to run the Itasca demo on
> the Mapserver, and all the images were displayed very well. But coming
> to displaying my own shapefiles, there was nothing. 
> 
> Could someone help me?
> 
> Akhona 
> 
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