[Mapserver-users] Re: PROJECTION error in mapserver

[Daniel Morissette]

Please send your questions to the mapserver-users list, that will give 
you the best chances of getting a timely reply, and the solution to your 
problem will be archived for others who may run into the same thing 
later.  I have CC'd this reply to the list.


Back to your question, this error message tells you that your 'mapserv' 
  CGI is not compiled with PROJ4 support.  You didn't specify your 
platform, but since all pre-built windows executables usually include 
PROJ support, I assume that you are on Unix/Linux and compiled MapServer 
yourself. You'll need to install PROJ4 on your machine, and then 
reconfigure MapServer using --with-proj, and recompile it.

There may also be ways to run the tutorial without the PROJECTION stuff, 
but I'mnot familiar enough with the tutorial to tell.

Daniel



travis at hpfm.com.au wrote:
> Hi There,
> 
> I'm not sure if your the right person to ask but i'm not sure who can help
> me.
> 
> I'm currently running through the tutorial for mapserver and have come
> accross this error message when trying to run my .map file:
> 
> loadProjection(): Projection library error. Projection support is not
> available
> 
> when i comment out the projection area of my map file eg:
> 
> #PROJECTION
>   #  "proj=laea"
>   #  "ellps=clrk66"
>   #  "lat_0=45"
>   #  "lon_0=-100"
>   #
>   # Alternatively, you can specify an EPSG code.
>   # "init=epsg:2163"
>   #
> 
> it seems to work however does not display anything in my browser except
> for an output image of the size i specify that is simply blank (the colour
> i specify in my map file) and thats all.
> 
> If you could maybe suggest something or possibly point me in the right
> direction, it would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Travis Klerck
>