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From: Shaq Gbadebo <s_gbadebo at hotmail.com>
To: mapserver-users at lists.umn.edu
Subject: Display data from postgis database
Sent: 08 March 2005 16:27:30
Hello,

I am carrying out a project on displaying maps from a postgis database over
the web with a mapserver. I have installed MapServer-4.0.1, on a LInux
redhat 9 platform. I have also installed  version  7.3.4 of postgresql and
postgis. I have successfully loaded shapefiles into the postgis database and
now am just trying to display the maps, Here is a copy of the mapfile I am
using, where am just trying to display on the tables.

MAP
IMAGETYPE PNG
EXTENT 201621.496941 -294488.285333 1425518.020722 498254.511514
SIZE 400 300
SHAPEPATH "/home/MapData"
IMAGECOLOR 0 0 255

# PROJECTION
#  "proj=laea"
#  "ellps=clrk66"
#  "lat_0=45"
#  "lon_0=-100"
#
# Alternatively, you can specify an EPSG code.
# "init=epsg:2163"
#
#END



LAYER
  CONNECTIONTYPE postgis
  NAME "motor"
  CONNECTION "user=postgres password=postgres dbname=fyp
host=localhost.localdomain"
  DATA "the_geom FROM motorway"
  STATUS ON
  TYPE LINE
  CLASS
   COLOR 255 0 0
  END
END
END

This mapfile displays the background but not the actual map. I wondering If
there is anything I have left out. When right click the background of the
map, in the alternative text field it says:

" The image
“http://localhost.localdomain/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/Mapfiles/testit.map&mode=map”
cannot be displayed, because it contains errors."

I am not sure what exactly this means, any sort of help would be highly
appreciated.