Help needed with using .tab files with MapServer {Scanned} {Scanned}

[Siki Zoltan]

Hi Joe,

First of all try STATUS DEFAULT in the layer section.
Second remove any projection parameter from your map file.
It should work, I use MapInfo tabs a lot in mapserver

Bye
Zoltan

On Wed, 11 May 2005, Beales, Joe wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm new to MapServer and I'm having problems in producing a map from
> Mapinfo files.
> I've got Mapserver 4.5 installed (with ogr support) on apache 2 under
> Windows XP Pro. (I've downloaded some tutorials and got them producing
> the correct results.)
> I've searched the mail list archive and seen some people have had the
> same problem but I can't find a definitive answer.
>
> I've used ogrinfo to try and get the correct extent and units.
> Below is the Map file I'm using, I am missing something?
> I've tried various projections but they don't seem to make a difference.
> I've also tried referencing a non-existent .TAB file in the CONNECTION
> parameter and don't receive any errors is that normal?
> All I get is a blank gif.
>
> MAP
>   DEBUG ON
>   NAME "Testing"
>   EXTENT 57.308593 -20.525013 57.806386 -19.981773
>   UNITS DD
>   SHAPEPATH "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs/maur/"
>   IMAGETYPE PNG
>   IMAGECOLOR 255 255 200
>   STATUS ON
>   SIZE 400 400
>
>   PROJECTION
>     #"init=epsg:4326"
>     "proj=latlong"
>     "ellps=WGS84"
>   END
>
>  WEB
>   LOG "C:\mapserv_err.txt"
>   TEMPLATE "printable.html"
>   IMAGEPATH "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs/tmp/"
>   IMAGEURL "/tmp/"
>  END
>
>  LAYER
>     NAME "Districts"
>     DEBUG ON
>     TYPE POLYGON
>     CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
>     CONNECTION "C:/Program Files/Apache
> Group/Apache2/htdocs/maur/District.TAB"
>     #DATA "District"
>     STATUS ON
>
>     PROJECTION
>        #"init=epsg:4326"
>        "proj=latlong"
>        "ellps=WGS84"
>      END
>      #STYLEITEM "AUTO"
>     CLASS
>       OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>       COLOR 128 128 128
>      END
>  END
> END
>
> Part Results from ogrinfo:
>
> Layer name: District
> Geometry: Polygon
> Feature Count: 9
> Extent: (57.308593, -20.525013) - (57.806386, -19.981773)
> Layer SRS WKT:
> GEOGCS["unnamed",
>     DATUM["WGS_1984",
>         SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563],
>         TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]],
>     PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
>     UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]]
>
>
> Also can anyone point me in the direction of any online resources
> intended for peole just getting started with MapServer?
> Regards,
>
> Joe Beales.
>
>