Fw: [Mapserver-users] center map on x,y coordinates

[Alexandros Chimarios]

How about checking your map file ? Propably there's a syntax error in there !

Send your map file please.


On Tuesday 04 May 2004 15:14, Elisabeth Nolz wrote:
> i tried alexandros link but still got the same error:
> getString(): Symbol definition error. (MAP):(0)
>
> perhaps someone knows whats going wrong.
> elisabeth.
>
>
> On Tuesday 04 May 2004 14:44, Alexandros Chimarios wrote:
> make last try with :
> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=map.map&mapxy="339989,00
> 1646,00"&scale=1000
>
> It seems that the %20 special HTML char is getting confused with the number
> after that.
>
> Elisabeth, please also send a carbon-copy of your emails to the
> mapserver-list cause may be some people out there that could help you more
> than me.
>
> I don't know if this make you feel better, but I also have some problems
> with Maserver. I have been trying to setup a WMS server since the morning !
>
> Regards
> Alexandros
>
>
> "Elisabeth Nolz" <e9625730 at student.tuwien.ac.at> schrieb:
> hi again, alexandros.
>
> i copied my .map-file to the apache/cgi-bin directory and this is the link
> i'm working with by now:
> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=map.map&mapxy=339989,00%201646,00&scal
>e=1000
>
> but i get the following error:
> getString(): Symbol definition error. (MAP):(0)
>
> do you know what that means?
>
>
> On Tuesday 04 May 2004 14:15, Alexandros Chimarios wrote:
> Elisabeth,
>
> I think there's a problem with your URL. According to Mapserver syntax the
> CGI param should be:  MAPXY [x] [y]
>
> But you have
> http://myserver.com/cgi-bin/mapserver?map=parcel.map&mapxy=x_from_mysql+y_f
>rom_mysql&scale=150000
>
> What does this "+" symbol mean ?
>
> Try the following URL :
> http://myserver.com/cgi-bin/mapserver?map=parcel.map&mapxy=x_from_mysql%20y
>_from_mysql&scale=150000
>
>
> "Elisabeth Nolz" <e9625730 at student.tuwien.ac.at> schrieb:
> i'm using PHP MapScript 3.6 and these x,y coordinates are geographical
> coordinates (gauss-krueger). i want to pass these coordinates through a
> link. is that possible?
>
>
> On Tuesday 04 May 2004 13:34, Alexandros Chimarios wrote:
> Hi ,
>     are you using the MapScript language ? If yes in the mapObj class there
> is the method centerByPoint which operates on the screen space(pixels).
> What are those x,y ? Screen coords(pixels) or geographical coordinates (e.x
> lat/lon) ?
>
>
>
> On Tuesday 04 May 2004 12:24, Elisabeth Nolz wrote:
> hi list.
> in my application i have a drop-down menu with lots of addresses addresses
> and appropriate x,y coordinates stored in a mysql-database). the user can
> choose one address and then click on the submit-button to show the map
> centered on the chosen address.
> the problem is, that i don't know how i could center my map on x,y
> coordinates.
>
> i found the following entry in the mapserver-user-history:
> "If you have x,y coordinates for the centers of your parcels in your mysql
> database, you can just run your search, grab the results, and redirect to a
> url like:
> http://myserver.com/cgi-bin/mapserver?map=parcel.map&mapxy=x_from_mysql+y_f
>rom_mysql&scale=150000"
>
> i tried this link with my coordinates but it doesn't work this way. could
> someone help me please?
>
> thx,
> elisabeth.