[Mapserver-users] Problems with tiff

[woodbri at swoodbridge.com]

Mapserver expects tiff world files to have the extension *.wld so 
rename your *.tfw to *.wld and you should be all set.

-Steve W

On 20 Nov 2003 at 11:40, Stefan Wiegand wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am very confused about using mapserver under debian linux. A few weeks 
> ago I posted a problem about compiling mapserver with input=tiff. After 
> some very hard days I reached this result:
> 
> MapServer version 3.6.6 OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=WBMP SUPPORTS=TTF 
> INPUT=TIFF INPUT=EPPL7 INPUT=SHAPEFILE
> 
> TIFF prompts at all errors (make install) but a seperate libtiff 'make' 
> was ok.
> (First ./configure in tiff 3.5.7, then ./make in tiff 3.5.7 and then cd 
> libtiff and ./make. Mapservers configure --with-tiff=../libtiff)
> 
> But now, the mapserver does not display the tiffs. When I use a single 
> TIFF with TFW or an imgtile, the map prompts:
> 
> readWorldFile(): Unable to access file. Unable to open world file for 
> reading. 
> 
> The tfw and tiff files are in the same directory and there are no 
> difference in typing the filenames and I have the same mapservice under 
> cygwin running without any problems with the same datas.
> 
> If you have a hint for me (all the same whether large or small ;-)), 
> please answer
> 
> Stefan
> 
>