shapefile polygon opens in arcgis but not mapserver

Thu Apr 14 15:13:37 EDT 2005

Hi Gerard,

I would suggest using ogrtindex instead to build the tileindexes. There is
a little trick that you should not run ogrtindex from the directory which
contains the data (otherwise it does not create an absolute path to the
data in the LOCATION item). So run it from the directory where you
installed FWTools eg:

for %i in (d:\data\*.shp) do d:\programs\fwtools\bin\ogrtindex
mytileindex.shp %i

About the performance, have you created shapefile qix indexes (using
shptree?). Also, it depends on the GDAL/OGR version whether or not the qix
files are actually used (that's a relatively new feature). If I recall
correctly that was added in GDAL/OGR 1.2.6, but Frank knows for sure.

I think Mapserver normally scales well with a lot of LAYERs, it may have
to do with your data structures and not the amount of LAYERs.

Best regards,
Bart

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:39:29 -0230, gerard barrington
<gerard_b_18 at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Bart, Thanks....your solution worked. None of the entries in the
> LOCATION field of my dbf file had the '.shp'. So I added it to the
> entries and the tiledindex displays correctly. (I didn't need to use the
> 0, it works without it.) As a side note, do you know how I could go
> about editing all my dbf files without having to go into them maunally
> and add the ending to every entry. I used the tile4ms command to create
> the tiledindex. Also, the speed of mapserver seems to go down
> drastically when you add more layers to the map file. My map file
> currently has 46 layers in it,all of which have a tiledindex as its
> datasource. What can I do to help speed up the mapserver. Thanks again,
> Gerard B
>> From: Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at XS4ALL.NL>
>
>> Reply-To: Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at XS4ALL.NL>
>
>> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>
>> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] shapefile polygon opens in arcgis
>> but not
> mapserver
>> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 20:20:00 +0200
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>>
>
>> Gerard,
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>>
>
>> does your LOCATION item in your tile-index dbf have c:\shapefile or
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>> c:\shapefile.shp? Looking at your error message it looks like the
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>> first
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>> option which is incorrect.
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>>
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>> You can also try c:\shapefile.shp,0 in the LOCATION field.
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>>
>
>> Hope this helps.
>
>>
>
>> Best regards,
>
>> Bart
>
>>
>
>> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:47:48 -0230, gerard barrington
>
>> <gerard_b_18 at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>>
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>>> hi, using the ogr worked out for a POLYGON layer that did not have
>
>>> a
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>>> tiledindex. The following worked perfect: LAYER
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>>> NAME "name"
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>>> TYPE POLYGON CONNECTIONTYPE OGR CONNECTION "C:\shapefile.shp" ...
>
>>> END
>
>>> However, this will not work for tiledindex. On the doc page for OGR
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>>> it
>
>>> says the following should work but it does not. LAYER
>
>>> NAME "nam"
>
>>> TYPE POLYGON
>
>>> CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
>
>>> TILEINDEX "C:\tiledindex.shp"
>
>>> ... END The first entry in the tiled index is for c:\shapefile.shp
>
>>> but
>
>>> it returns the following error: msDrawMap(): Image handling error.
>
>>> Failed to draw layer named 'nam'. msOGRFileOpen(): OGR error. Open
>
>>> failed for OGR connection `c:\shapefile'. File not found or
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>>> unsupported
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>>> format. Any ideas why the tiledindex wouldn't work? I have used
>
>>> tiledindexes for points and lines and it works fine. Thanks again!
>
>>> Gerard B.
>
>>>
>
>>>> From: Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at XS4ALL.NL>
>
>>>
>
>>>> Reply-To: Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at XS4ALL.NL>
>
>>>
>
>>>> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>
>>>
>
>>>> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] shapefile polygon opens in
>
>>>> arcgis
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>>>> but not
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>>> mapserver
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>>>> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:18:12 +0200
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>>>
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>>>>
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>>>
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>>>> Hi,
>
>>>
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>>>>
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>>>
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>>>> It should work if you are using Mapserver 4.4 or later.
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>>>
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>>>>
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>>>
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>>>> Otherwise try showing it through OGR.
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>>>
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>>>>
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>>>
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>>>> CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
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>>>
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>>>> CONNECTION "path/my.shp"
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>>>
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>>>>
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>>>
>
>>>> Best regards,
>
>>>
>
>>>> Bart
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>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>> On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:45:50 -0230, gerard barrington
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>>>
>
>>>> <gerard_b_18 at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>>>
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>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>> I checked with ogrinfo and the shapefile is a <3D POLYGON>. Other
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>>>
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>>>>> shape
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>>>
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>>>>> files I have show up simply as <POLYGON> when checked with
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>>>>> ogrinfo.
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>>>
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>>>>> Is
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>>>
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>>>>> there anything i can do to show this polygon in mapserver?
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
>
>>>>>> From: Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at XS4ALL.NL>
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
>
>>>>>> Reply-To: Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at XS4ALL.NL>
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
>
>>>>>> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] shapefile polygon opens in
>
>>>
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>>>>>> arcgis
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>>>
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>>>>>> but not
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>>>
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>>>>> mapserver
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>>>
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>>>>>> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 20:32:42 +0200
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>> Hi,
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>> are you sure it is not a polyline shape? Did you try TYPE LINE?
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>> Otherwise open it up with ogrinfo and see what it says
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>> (http://fwtools.maptools.org).
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>> Best regards,
>
>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
>
>>>>>> Bart
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>> On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:04:39 -0230, gerard barrington
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>> <gerard_b_18 at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> Hi list, I have a polygon shapefile which I can open and view
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>>>>>>> in
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> ArcExplorer and everything looks perfect. However, when I try
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>>>>>>> to
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> use the
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> same shapefile as data for a LAYER of TYPE POLYGON, I get the
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> following
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>>>> exception: msDrawMap(): Image handling error. Failed to draw
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>>>
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>>>>>>> layer
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> named
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>>>>>
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>>>>>>> 'aal135'. msDrawShape(): General error message. Only polygon
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>>>
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>>>>>>> shapes
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> can
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> be drawn using a POLYGON layer definition. So I tried switching
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>>>
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>>>>>>> the
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> TYPE
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> in my layer to POINT and a couple of points along the border of
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>>>
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>>>>>>> the
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> polygon showed up. I know the shapefile is a polygon though
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>>>
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>>>>>>> because
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> it
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>>>> displays as the correct shape in arcExplorer. Can someone tell
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>>>>>>> me
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> why
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> the polygon will show up in ArcExplorer but not in mapserver?
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>>>>>>> Is
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> there
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> anything I can do to fix this problem?? I am at real loss here
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>>>
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>>>>>>> for
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> why
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>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>
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>>>>>>> this happens and would really appreciate any help.... Thanks
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>>>
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>>>>>>> Gerard
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>>>>>
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>>>>>>> B
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