[Mapserver-users] Virtual Spatial Data Wiki Question

[Nikolai Schwertner]

Thank you, Paul and Frank!

I updated MapServer to 4.1. The virtual layer works like a charm!

Cheers,
Nikolai

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Spencer" <pagameba at magma.ca>
To: "Nikolai Schwertner" <nikolai.schwertner at tufts.edu>
Cc: <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] Virtual Spatial Data Wiki Question


> if it works with ogrinfo and not with mapserver/mapscript then you need
> a more recent version of mapserver binaries.  It is not sufficient to
> replace gdalxx.dll, you must have a mapserver that was compiled against
> the newer gdal source code.  You can find the latest 4.1 compiled for
> windows as of today here:
>
> http://www.maptools.org/dl/mapserver-4.1-dev-win32-php4.3.4.zip
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul
>
> Nikolai Schwertner wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am following the instructions from the wiki on "Virtual Spatial Data"
to
> > create a virtual layer from an ODBC data source (under Windows 2000).
The
> > OVF file works great with ogrinfo.exe, but fails with the following
message
> > when I try to load it in MapServer:
> >
> >   msDrawMap(): Image handling error. Failed to draw layer named 'sb_pt'.
> >   msOGRFileOpen(): OGR error. Open failed for OGR connection
> > `w:\app\virtual.ovf'. File not found or unsupported format.
> >
> > Past posts suggest that this problem may be related to the permissions
of
> > the Apache user over the OVF file. I don't think that this is the
problem in
> > this case. All permissions are in order and Apache has no problem
accessing
> > the file.
> >
> > I will appreciate any suggestions regarding this problem.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Nikolai
> >
> > --
> > Nikolai Schwertner
> > TCCS/Academic Technology
> > Tufts University
> > Medford, MA 02155
> >
> > Phone: 617.627.2821
> > Fax: 617.627.3667
> > Email: nikolai.schwertner at tufts.edu
> >
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