[Mapserver-users] simple mapserver configuration

[Pericles Nacionales]

Eric,

I don't know if this is relevant in WMS servers or not but how about
adding IMAGEURL in your WEB object?  By the way, does your app generate a
map with a standard MapServer CGI url, ie:
http://svsdev.gsfc.nasa.gov/esok/cgi-bin/map?map=/path/to/your/mapfile.map&layer=EARTH_PNG&mode=map

Another question, did you check that your IMAGEPATH (IMAGEURL) is
writeable by your web server's user/owner?

Cheers!
-Perry N.

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Eric Sokolowsky wrote:

> I am trying to use mapserver as a simple WMS interface into data images
> that I already have.  I would prefer to have a very light server that
> does not reproject images or convert to different formats.  I tried to
> set up mapserver and I got all of the pieces to compile.  The
> capabilities is returned as expected.  However, when I try to use a wms
> client or a web browser to formulate some queries, all I get is a blank
> image.  Is mapserver capable of acting as a very light server?  How can
> I use mapserver to serve any image that isn't blank?  My server's
> location is listed here, if anyone is interested:
>
>   http://svsdev.gsfc.nasa.gov/esok/cgi-bin/map?
>
> When run locally, mapserv -v returns:
>
> MapServer version 4.0.1 OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=WBMP SUPPORTS=PROJ SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER INPUT=TIFF INPUT=EPPL7 INPUT=JPEG INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE
>
> Here's my map file:
>
>
> # Start of wms.map file
>
> MAP
>   NAME SVS
>   EXTENT -180 -90 180 90
>   STATUS ON
>
>   PROJECTION
>     "init=epsg:4326"
>   END
>
>   WEB
>     IMAGEPATH "/svs/share/data/de/data/"
>     METADATA
>       "wms_abstract" "This Web Mapping Server is provided by NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA."
>       "wms_accessconstraints" "none"
>       "wms_fees" "none"
>       "wms_onlineresource" "http://svsdev.gsfc.nasa.gov/esok/cgi-bin/map?"
>       "wms_title" "NASA GSFC SVS Animation Catalog"
>     END
>     LOG "/tmp/mapserver.log"
>   END
>
>   OUTPUTFORMAT
>     NAME png
>     DRIVER "GD/PNG"
>     MIMETYPE "image/png"
>     IMAGEMODE RGB
>     EXTENSION "png"
>   END
>
>   LAYER
>     NAME "EARTH_GIF"
>     TYPE RASTER
>     STATUS ON
>     DATA "earth.gif"
>     METADATA
>       "wms_title" "Earth gif"
>       "wms_extent" "-110 -20 -70 20"
>       "wms_opaque" "1"
>     END
>   END
>
>   LAYER
>     NAME "EARTH_JPEG"
>     TYPE RASTER
>     STATUS ON
>     DATA "earth.jpeg"
>     METADATA
>       "wms_title" "Earth jpeg"
>       "wms_extent" "-110 -20 -70 20"
>     END
>   END
>
>   LAYER
>     NAME "EARTH_JPG"
>     TYPE RASTER
>     STATUS ON
>     DATA "earth.jpg"
>     METADATA
>       "wms_title" "Earth jpg"
>       "wms_extent" "-110 -20 -70 20"
>     END
>   END
>
>   LAYER
>     NAME "EARTH_PNG"
>     TYPE RASTER
>     STATUS ON
>     DATA "earth.png"
>     METADATA
>       "wms_title" "Earth png"
>       "wms_extent" "-110 -20 -70 20"
>     END
>   END
>
>   LAYER
>     NAME "EARTH_PPM"
>     TYPE RASTER
>     STATUS ON
>     DATA "earth.ppm"
>     METADATA
>       "wms_title" "Earth ppm"
>       "wms_extent" "-110 -20 -70 20"
>     END
>   END
>
>   LAYER
>     NAME "EARTH_RGB"
>     TYPE RASTER
>     STATUS ON
>     DATA "earth.rgb"
>     METADATA
>       "wms_title" "Earth rgb"
>       "wms_extent" "-110 -20 -70 20"
>     END
>   END
>
>   LAYER
>     NAME "EARTH_TIF"
>     TYPE RASTER
>     STATUS ON
>     DATA "earth.tif"
>     METADATA
>       "wms_title" "Earth tif"
>       "wms_extent" "-110 -20 -70 20"
>     END
>   END
>
> END
>
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