[Mapserver-users] Relative Paths vs. Absolute Paths

[Frieso ter Haseborg]

Hi,

try to use a absolute path on IMAGEPATH. Let's assume your data shall be
stored in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\tmp. Then your mapfile should look like
this

IMAGEPATH 'c:/Inetpub/wwwroot/tmp/'
IMAGEURL  '/tmp/'

Actually IMAGEPATH could be used relative to the directory the mapfile
is stored in, but relative path in gives a lot of trouble with reference
or legend, there are several threads about this - conclusion: use an
absolute one here!

IMAGEURL has to be relative to wwwroot.

HTH,
 
Frieso ter Haseborg
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: McNeil, Todd W. (TMCNEIL) [mailto:TMCNEIL at arinc.com]
>Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 12:53 AM
>To: 'mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu'
>Subject: [Mapserver-users] Relative Paths vs. Absolute Paths
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>I sent out an email about this last week, but never got a 
>reply.  I am going
>through Section 3 of the MapServer 3.5 Tutorial and am having 
>the toughest
>time figuring out why my html page does not show the legend, 
>reference and
>the map images.  This is my first time using MS, so I am at 
>the point of
>giving up on this because of this seemingly simple path 
>problem that I have
>no solution for.  I've used the IE > View > Source menu option 
>to determine
>where the images maybe stored in the online tutorial on the 
>MapServer web
>page.  I see this written in the html:
>
>Map Image: <input type="image" name="img"
>src="/tmp/S3EX1106625668213828.gif" border="0">
>
>Legend Image: <img src="/tmp/S3EX1leg106625668213828.gif">
>
>Reference Map Image:  <img src="/tmp/S3EX1ref106625668213828.gif">
>
>I just cut and pasted the important stuff from the html source 
>code.  The
>mapfile listing shows this:
>
>IMAGEPATH "/data/tmp/"
>IMAGEURL "/tmp/" 
>
>So, I figured that if these paths work in online tutorial, 
>they must work in
>the downloadable tutorial.  I copy and pasted them and because I have
>windows, I changed the slashes in the other direction to look 
>like this:
>
>IMAGEPATH "\data\tmp\"
>IMAGEURL "\tmp\" 
>I still get an html page without the images.  So, enough background
>information to fill your brain.  My question is, if MapServer 
>is used to
>create the map images, where does it store them or does IIS store them
>somewhere?  I've even done a Find Files in Windows Explorer to see if I
>could find the GIF images created by my tutorial and I find no trace of
>them.  This is why I think this is an absolute vs. a relative 
>path issue and
>I am just not finding the right directory to where the images 
>are stored.
>Are these temporary images and where are they?  Is windows 
>playing tricks on
>me or is my syntax wrong in my html or mapfile?  Any help 
>would be greatly
>appreciated and of course I will sum.  I've also attached my 
>map file and
>template file to help you out.
> <<s3ex2.html>> 
> <<s3ex2.map>> 
>Thanks in advance,
>
>*********************************
>Todd McNeil
>GIS Specialist
>Surface Transportation and Energy Systems
>ARINC
>Annapolis, MD
>Tel: 410.266.2302 Email: tmcneil at arinc.com
>Fax: 410.573.3170 Web: http://www.arinc.com <http://www.arinc.com> 
>
>