creating queryable shapefiles

[Lowell Filak]

The following message was sent by Trond Michelsen
<trondmm-mapserver at CRUSADERS.NO> on Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:35:33 +0200.

> Hi.
>
> I'm using mapserver, and I need to create a shapefile from a list of
> coordinates that I have, and I need to display this layer as points,
> which can be clicked on for further information about that point.
>
> Anyway - I have made this small perl-program that generates the
> shapefile, and it the layers loads fine in mapserver. Except that I
> can't click on it.
>
> (and I'm pretty sure the pointer was above the point when I clicked ;)
>
> Any suggestions of what I'm missing to make my shapefile
> clickable/queryable?

Trond,

Your problem may have nothing to do with your shapefile and you should
be able to verify that by running shpinfo or shpinfo.pl on it.

Lowell