new to mapserver - can't get map to display

Fri Oct 28 16:33:57 EDT 2005

Good Afternoon!

I am new to mapserver and I’m having some problems getting my map to run. I
suspect the cause is either in the mapfile.map or the webpage.html or both
but I can’t seem to figure out where it is.

I have two files that I would like to display. The first is a polygon file
of census areas that I would like to class based on population density. The
second is road features. I expect to be adding more to this but I’m just
trying to get a good start. Below are my mapfile.map and webpage.html
files. Any assistance on what I’m missing would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Laura

MAPFILE.map

# Start of map file

#

MAP

  NAME MyMap

  STATUS ON

  SIZE 600 450

  # Map extent from ArcMAP dialog "Date Frame Properties > Data Frame"

  EXTENT  -81.77192 46.095211 -80.262369 47.068479

  UNITS DD

  SHAPEPATH "myData"

  TEMPLATEPATTERN "webpage"

  IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255

  IMAGETYPE PNG

  #

  # Projection definition

  # In most cases, MapServer also works without a detailed definition

  #

  # PROJECTION

  #   "proj=utm"

  #   "ellps=GRS80"

  #   "zone=15"

  #   "north"

  #   "no_defs"

  #   OR:

  #   "init=epsg:26915"

  # END

  #

  # Start of reference map

  #

  # A full extent image needs to be exported from ArcMap

  # ("File > Export Map... > *.PNG")

  # The size of this image can be changed with an image editing program

  #

  REFERENCE

    # Name of the image file as you saved it

    IMAGE reference.png

    # Extent information from ArcMap dialog "Date Frame Properties > Data
Frame"

    EXTENT -81.77192 46.095211 -80.262369 47.068479

    # The current size of the image in pixels (see graphics program)

    SIZE 207 196

    STATUS ON

    MINBOXSIZE 5

    MAXBOXSIZE 100

    COLOR -1 -1 -1

    OUTLINECOLOR 128 0 0

    MARKERSIZE 8

    MARKER 'star'

  END

  #

  # Start of legend

  #

  LEGEND

    KEYSIZE 18 12

    LABEL

      TYPE BITMAP

      SIZE MEDIUM

      COLOR 0 0 89

    END

    STATUS ON

  END

  #

  # Start of scalebar

  #

  SCALEBAR

    IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255

    LABEL

      COLOR 0 0 0

      SIZE TINY

    END

    STYLE 1

    SIZE 100 2

    COLOR 255 255 255

    UNITS KILOMETERS

    INTERVALS 2

    TRANSPARENT TRUE

    STATUS ON

  END

  #

  # Start of layer definitions

  #

  LAYER

    # This layer name has to be identical to the Shapefile name for the
layer

    # (this is a bug in MapServer)

    NAME Sudbury_populationi

    TYPE POLYGON

    STATUS ON

    # Shapefile name in folder "myData"

    DATA Sudbury_populationi

    # Five classes have been defined for population density

    # Class 1:

    CLASS

      EXPRESSION (([Pop_DEN] > 0) AND ([Pop_DEN] < 45))

      NAME "Population Density 5-44/sqkm"

      STYLE

        OUTLINECOLOR 110 110 110

        COLOR 255 255 204

      END

    END

    # Class 2:

    CLASS

      EXPRESSION (([Pop_DEN] > 44) AND ([Pop_DEN] < 407))

      NAME "Population Density 45-406/sqkm"

       STYLE

       OUTLINECOLOR 110 110 110

        COLOR 194 230 154

      END

    END

    # Class 3:

       CLASS

         EXPRESSION (([Pop_DEN] > 406) AND ([Pop_DEN] < 819))

         NAME "Population Density 407-818/sqkm"

          STYLE

          OUTLINECOLOR 110 110 110

           COLOR 121 199 123

         END

    END

     # Class 4:

        CLASS

          EXPRESSION (([Pop_DEN] > 818) AND ([Pop_DEN] < 1606))

          NAME "Population Density 819-1605/sqkm"

           STYLE

           OUTLINECOLOR 110 110 110

            COLOR 49 163 83

          END

    END

     # Class 5:

        CLASS

          EXPRESSION ([Pop_DEN] < 1605)

          NAME "Population Density 1606-2533/sqkm"

           STYLE

           OUTLINECOLOR 110 110 110

            COLOR 0 105 56

          END

    END

  END

  LAYER

    # This layer name has to be identical to the Shapefile name for the
layer

    # (this is a bug in MapServer)

    NAME Major_roads

    # Filename in folder "myData"

    DATA Major_roads

    TYPE LINE

    STATUS ON

    # Only one class:

    CLASS

      NAME Name

      STYLE

        COLOR 255 0 0

      END

    END

    TOLERANCE 3

  END

END

WEBPAGE.HTML

<html>

<head>

  <title>MapServer - Sudbury Population Density</title>

</head>

<body bgcolor="#ffffff">

<!-- Heading: -->

<center><h1>MapServer - Sudbury Population Density</h1></center>

<!-- Form for the initialization: -->

<p>

<form name="demo" method="GET" action="/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe"
onSubmit="submit_form()">

    <input type="hidden" name="layer" value="Sudbury_populationi">

    <input type="hidden" name="layer" value="Major_roads">

    <input type="hidden" name="zoomsize" value=2>

    <input type="hidden" name="program" value="/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe">

    <input type="hidden" name="map_web_imagepath" value="C:\www\tmp\">

    <input type="hidden" name="map_web_imageurl"
value="http://herodot.geog.utoronto.ca/tmp/">

    <input type="hidden" name="map_web_template" value="webpage.html">

    <!-- Edit these two hidden variables: -->

    <input type="hidden" name="map"
value="C:\www\users\m9050NeL\mapfile.map">

    <input type="hidden" name="root" value="/users/m9050NeL">

    <input type="submit" value="Initialize">

</form>

</p>

<hr>

<form method="GET" action="[program]" name="mapserv">

<center>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">

<tr>

<!-- Map area: -->

<td valign="top" align="center">

  <table width="390" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"
align="center" bgcolor="#666666">

    <tr>

      <td align="center"><input type="image" name="img" src="[img]"
width="600" height="450" border="0" alt="This is the map."></td>

    </tr>

    <tr><td bgcolor="#666666">

      <img title="scalebar (km)" alt="scalebar (km)" src="[scalebar]">

    </td></tr>

  </table>

</td>

<!-- Navigation/explanation area: -->

<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">

  <table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff">

    <tr><td>

      <center><input type="submit" value="Refresh"></center>

      <!-- Layer selection: -->

      <p>

      <b>Select Layers to Display: </b><br>

      <select multiple name="layer" size=3>

        <option value="sudbury_populationi" [Pop_DEN]> Population Density

        <option value="Major_roads" [Name]> Major Roads

      </select>

      <!-- Zooming: -->

      <p>

      Zoom In <input type=radio name=zoomdir value=1 [zoomdir_1_check]>

      Pan <input type=radio name=zoomdir value=0 [zoomdir_0_check]>

      Zoom Out <input type=radio name=zoomdir value=-1 [zoomdir_-1_check]>

      <p>

      Zoom Size <input type=text name=zoomsize size=4 value=[zoomsize]>

      <p>

      <!-- Legend: -->

      <font size=+1><b>Legend</b></font><br><hr>

      <img src="[legend]"><hr>

      <p>

      <!-- Reference map: -->

      <center><input name="ref" type="image" src="[ref]"
border="0"></center>

    </td></tr></table>

  </td></tr>

</table>

</center>

<!-- Hidden values: -->

<input type="hidden" name="mode" value="browse" checked>

<input type="hidden" name="imgxy" value="[center]">

<input type="hidden" name="imgext" value="[mapext]">

<input type="hidden" name="map" value="[map]">

<input type="hidden" name="root" value="[root]">

<input type="hidden" name="savequery" value="true">

<input type="hidden" name="program" value="[program]">

<input type="hidden" name="map_web_imagepath" value="[map_web_imagepath]">

<input type="hidden" name="map_web_imageurl" value="[map_web_imageurl]">

<input type="hidden" name="map_web_template" value="[map_web_template]">

</form>

<hr>

<!-- Some information for the user: -->

<p>This is a map of the Sudbury CMA region. It blah...</p>

</body>

</html>