[Mapserver-users] adding input from ascii text file

[Vincent J. Troisi]

An example of a text file follows. The file is static (does
not change). I prefer not to load the information into a
database and, although the table could be modified, I prefer
not to modify the table.

Vince



Site	Latitude	Longitude	Easting		Northing
R701	41.9643`	-93.6848	443253		4646040
R702	41.9542		-93.6407	446901		4644894



Tyler Mitchell wrote:
>>What is the best method for adding features to a
>>map from an ascii table?
> 
> 
> Are they just point coordinate pairs?  Are you looking to automate 
> grabbing the locations from the text file - i.e. as the file changes - or 
> will you accept a manual approach?  Are you able to modify the structure 
> of the table if you need to or are you stuck with what you are given?
> 
> Can you give us a sample of a few lines of the data? 
> 
> Tyler
> 
>