I can't see my maps

[Chloe Jackson]

Thanks Ed,

I've fixed the problem.  I think I was having a bit of mental blindness having
spent too much time staring at the problem

CJ

On         Mon, 11 Apr 2005 19:23 , Ed McNierney <ed at TOPOZONE.COM> sent:

>Chloe -
>
>Please always reply to the entire list, not just to one person.  The
>first person to answer might not have all the answers, and they might
>not have time to take on all your follow-up questions personally .
>
>As I said earlier, look at the generated HTML you're viewing.  What is
>the URL in the  tag where the map is supposed to be?  Does it look
>like you expect?  If not, change the IMAGEURL to fix it.
>
>        - Ed
>
>Ed McNierney
>President and Chief Mapmaker
>TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
>73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
>North Chelmsford, MA  01863
>Phone: +1 (978) 251-4242
>Fax: +1 (978) 251-1396
>ed at topozone.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ChloeJackson [chloejackson at totalise.co.uk]
>Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 6:18 PM
>To: Ed McNierney
>Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] I can't see my maps
>
>Hi Ed,
>
>I get a grey screen which changes to a paler grey if I click in the map
>window. However, if I click in the map window, i get a message that 'c
>is not a registered protocol'. There is also a message saying 'This is
>the Map'.  I seem to be happily creating .png files in each time I
>refresh the page, but still can't see the map.
>
>Can I just check with you what the IMAGEURL should point to?  I have
>currently have it pointing to the workshop directory.
>
>CJ
>
>Ed McNierney wrote:
>
>>CJ -
>>
>>>From your description, you are likely getting a "broken link" to the
>>image, rather than a blank image.  Is that correct?  It's an important
>>distinction.
>>
>>Look at the generated HTML source and check the URL of the map image.
>>The IMAGEURL string in your map file is used to generate this URL.  If
>>the URL in the HTML output does not point to your generated map image,
>>modify the IMAGEURL (or configure your Web server's settings) so the
>>URL points to the image.
>>
>>       - Ed
>>
>>Ed McNierney
>>President and Chief Mapmaker
>>TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
>>73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
>>North Chelmsford, MA  01863
>>Phone: +1 (978) 251-4242
>>Fax: +1 (978) 251-1396
>>ed at topozone.com
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: UMN MapServer Users List [MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU]
>>On Behalf Of CJ
>>Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 4:19 PM
>>To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>>Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] I can't see my maps
>>
>>Can anyone help me?  I have Apache, PHP, MySQL setup on my local server
>
>>and have been trying to add in MapServer.  I have installed and
>>configured all the elements and have been working with the Itasca demo
>>workshop.
>>
>>So far I can get the webpage working but there is no map in the map
>>frame.
>>The map is there and the Index.html points to its directory, so why
>>can't it find the map?
>>
>>I'd appreciate any help with this.  I'm a total newbie to MapServer,
>>etc.
>>
>>
>>
>>



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