HELP-Virtual Spatial Data

[Simbiosis Amorpha]

Thanks for the fast response Artur,

I have tried modifying my map file but still get a blank image. I'm trying 
to get my map with:

http://maps.localizame.net/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/var/www/html/starfinder/star.map&mode=map

Best regards,

Frank


>From: Skalski Artur - askals <Artur.Skalski at ACXIOM.COM>
>Reply-To: Skalski Artur - askals <Artur.Skalski at ACXIOM.COM>
>To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] HELP-Virtual Spatial Data
>Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:17:53 +0100
>
>Try to modify your mapfile like this, I had the same problem and it helped:
>LAYER
>     NAME "sorento"
>     TYPE POINT
>     CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
>     CONNECTION "virtual.ovf" # the name and path to the virtual.ovf file, 
>relative to shapepath may
>work?
>     DATA "sorento" # the name of the OGRVrtLayer
>     STATUS DEFAULT
>     CLASS
>       STYLE
>        SYMBOL "circle"
>        SIZE 6
>        COLOR 255 0 0
>       END
>     END
>END
>
>regards
>
>Artur Skalski
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU]On 
>Behalf Of Frank Fica
>Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 6:51 AM
>To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] HELP-Virtual Spatial Data
>
>
>Hello,
>
>I'm testing an OGR ODBC connection to my postgresql database to map Lat and 
>Lon columns, but
>when I test my file.map I only get a blank screen and no errors.
>When I test with ogrinfo I get all the columns listed including the new 
>POINT column with my
>coordinates, works fine.
>
>Here's my ovf file:
>
><OGRVRTDataSource>
>     <OGRVRTLayer name="sorento">
>         <SrcDataSource>ODBC:@PostgreSQL</SrcDataSource>
>         <SrcLayer>record</SrcLayer>
>         <GeometryType>wkbPoint</GeometryType>
>         <LayerSRS>WGS84</LayerSRS>
>         <GeometryField encoding="PointFromColumns" x="Lat" y="Lon"/>
>     </OGRVRTLayer>
></OGRVRTDataSource>
>
>Here's my file.map:
>
>MAP
>   IMAGETYPE PNG
>   EXTENT -92.241493 13.738197 -88.223198 17.815220
>   SIZE 640 480
>   PROJECTION
>    "proj=latlong"
>    "ellps=WGS84"
>    "datum=WGS84"
>   END
>
>   SYMBOL
>    NAME 'circle'
>    TYPE ELLIPSE
>    FILLED TRUE
>    POINTS
>     1 1
>    END
>   END
>
>  LAYER
>     NAME "sorento"
>     TYPE POINT
>     CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
>     CONNECTION "virtual.ovf" # the name and path to the virtual.ovf file, 
>relative to shapepath may
>work?
>     DATA "sorento" # the name of the OGRVrtLayer
>     STATUS DEFAULT
>     CLASS
>       SYMBOL "circle"
>       SIZE 6
>       COLOR 255 0 0
>     END
>  END
>END
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