[Mapserver-users] How does one create .map files?

[Ed McNierney]

Sharyn -

I DID share <g>.  There's not much more to say.  Simply create your MAP
files as if you were writing C code, using whatever preprocessor
commands (#define, #include, #if, etc.) you like.  Then use your
favorite C compiler from the command line passing whatever #defines you
want to produce the result you want.  You want to use the correct
command for your compiler so it only runs the preprocessor and doesn't
try to compile the result.

	- Ed

Ed McNierney
President and Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
North Chelmsford, MA  01863
ed at topozone.com
(978) 251-4242  

-----Original Message-----
From: Namnath, Sharyn [mailto:NamnatSR at NV.DOE.GOV] 
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:33 PM
To: Ed McNierney
Cc: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] How does one create .map files?

Thanks to everyone who offered (and is still offering) suggestions.  I
will certainly look into all of them.  I know I'm not completely
enamored with the idea of creating a map file for every map I'm going to
need, but if I have to then so be it.  I too am interested in your
method Ed.  If you care to share, I bet a lot more of us are interested.

- Sharyn


-----Original Message-----
From: Tyler Mitchell [mailto:TMitchell at lignum.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:03 AM
To: Ed McNierney
Cc: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] How does one create .map files?

Sounds interesting Ed, I'd love to see an example of your methodology.

Tyler

mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu wrote on 05/26/2004 06:57:35 PM:

> Sharyn -
> 
> For several years now I've been using the C preprocessor to take 
> "template" MAP files and do #includes, macro expansion, etc.  It's 
> pretty convenient if you need to either generate lots of MAP files or 
> lots of layers in a MAP file.  We've got around 150+ MAP files, around

> 60 or 70 layers, and nearly 350,000 source data files, and it is a 
> good way to keep things organized.
> 
>    - Ed
> 
> Ed McNierney
> President and Chief Mapmaker
> TopoZone.com