[Mapserver-users] adding input from ascii text file

[Tyler Mitchell]

The simplest way to get this into MapServer is to encode the coordinates 
into the map file using "inline features".
Basically you define a layer in your map file and instead of loading data 
from a database or shapefile, you manually put the coordinates in using a 
particular notation.

Here's an example:

LAYER
  NAME vince_points
  TYPE POINT
  STATUS DEFAULT
  FEATURE
    POINTS
      -93.6848 41.9643
    END
    TEXT "R701"
  END
  FEATURE
    POINTS
      -93.6407 41.9542
    END
    TEXT "R702"
  END
  CLASS
    COLOR 0 0 250
    SYMBOL 'circle'
    SIZE 6
  END
END

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