Shapefile to Mapfile

[Sylvain Beorchia]

Hi,

I think you don't understand the way mapserver work.
You have to write your own mapfile and tell which shapefile you want to use for a specific layer. 
Check the online documentation to see how to declare a new layer for a shapefile.

Sylvain B.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Apeksha Bhambhani 
  To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 9:07 PM
  Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Shapefile to Mapfile


   If i have a shapefile , how do i convert it into an appropriate mapfile ? How will i know which layer corresponds to which .shp file ? 
  Plz help

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