starting-problem: doesn't show the content

[Martin Vigerske]

Ah, of course, the status. Now it works. :-)
Well, thank you very much.

Greetings,
Martin Vigerske

Wim Blanken schrieb:

> Hello Martin,
>
> Mapserver does not know you want to view the US state boundaries layer.
>
> Two solutions:
> 1. Give the US State boundaries layer the STATUS DEFAULT instead of ON
> 2. Include the layername with the layers statement. 
> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=usa1.map&mode=map&layers=US 
> state boundaries. It's easier by the way (for a start) that you do not 
> include spaces in the name of the layer.
>
> Regards,
>
> Wim Blanken
> The Netherlands
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Vigerske" <martin at VIGERSKE.DE>
> To: <MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 1:51 PM
> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] starting-problem: doesn't show the content
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am new to the MapServer and tried a demo-mapfile, but it shows me 
>> no Shapefile and no Tiff.
>> I installed the win-version ms4w (4.6). The demo-mapfile (usa1.map) 
>> came into the directory c:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\, the shapefile 
>> "statesp020" to my own directory c:\ms4w\usr\shapes\. The only thing 
>> I changed in the demo-map was the SHAPEPATH, from 
>> "/var/www/html/data" to "c:\ms4w\usr\shapes\" (and the imagepath, but 
>> that should not be the problem). When I start mapserv with 
>> "http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=usa1.map&mode=map", I get a 
>> grey rectangle and the text-layer "Made with Mapserver". The 
>> Mapserver works but it doesn't show me the shapefile.
>> The same with the example usa3.map which should render a RASTER. I 
>> change the data-path to the path of the tif, but it doesn't show up. 
>> I tried to copy shape and tif directly into the cgi-bin-directory, 
>> where the .map is, but no difference.
>>
>> I guess mapserver can't find the data.
>> The log-file isn't very informative:
>> "Sat Dec 17 13:43:24 2005,3728,127.0.0.1,USA1,3,-8000000.000000 
>> -3162500.000000 5000000.000000 4962500.000000,-1.000000 
>> -1.000000,,normal execution"
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Greetings and thanks,
>> Martin Vigerske
>>
>> --- my usa1.map:
>>
>> MAP
>>    NAME USA1
>>    STATUS ON
>>    SIZE 800 500
>>    IMAGETYPE PNG
>>    IMAGECOLOR 240 240 240
>>    SHAPEPATH "c:\ms4w\usr\shapes\"
>>    EXTENT -8000000 300000 5000000 1500000
>>    UNITS METERS
>>    PROJECTION
>>        "proj=lcc" "lat_1=32" "lat_2=44" "lat_0=38" "lon_0=-100" 
>> "x_0=0" "y_0=0" "ellps=GRS80" "datum=NAD83"
>>    END
>>   WEB
>>        IMAGEPATH "c:\ms4w\usr\tmp\"
>>        IMAGEURL "\usr\tmp\"
>>    END
>>   LAYER
>>        NAME "US state boundaries"
>>        TYPE POLYGON
>>        STATUS ON
>>        DATA "statesp020"
>>        PROJECTION
>>            "proj=latlong"
>>            "ellps=GRS80"
>>            "datum=NAD83"
>>        END
>>        CLASS
>>            NAME "US states"
>>            OUTLINECOLOR 60 60 60
>>            COLOR 255 255 0
>>            SYMBOL 0
>>        END
>>    END
>>   LAYER
>>        NAME "credits"
>>        STATUS DEFAULT
>>        TRANSFORM FALSE
>>        TYPE ANNOTATION
>>        FEATURE
>>            POINTS
>>                10 480
>>            END
>>            TEXT 'Made with Mapserver.'
>>        END
>>        CLASS
>>            LABEL
>>                TYPE BITMAP
>>                POSITION CR
>>                COLOR 0 0 0
>>            END
>>        END
>>    END
>>   END
>>
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