Map files for dummies?

[Fawcett, David]

Dave, 
 
Unless you are specifying the layer name in the URL that is calling
MapServer, you will need to set the STATUS of your layer, "Bexar County"
to DEFAULT.
 
David.

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[mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Nuttall
	Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 1:09 PM
	To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
	Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Map files for dummies?
	
	

	I have an instance of Mapserver 4.8.1 running on CentOS with
Apache 2.20, PHP 5.1.2 and Mapscript running as a DSO.

	 

	I can make/display maps where I use the canned tutorials.  But
I'm failing to create map displays when I substitute shapefiles that are
of local interest.

	 

	The shapefiles in question are apparently valid, since I can
read them without any problems using "ogrinfo -al shapefile.shp".

	 

	I extract the decimal dimensions and create my own *.map file,
but all I ever get is the layer for pseudo-credits.

	 

	If someone could tweak my map file (which follows), it would be
a valuable learning experience for me.

	 

	TIA.

	Dave Nuttall

	San Antonio, TX

	 

	Here is my map file:

	 

	MAP

	    NAME BEXAR2

	    STATUS ON

	    SIZE 400 300

	    IMAGETYPE PNG

	    IMAGECOLOR 240 240 240

	    SHAPEPATH "/var/www/data/texas"

	    # the extents were pulled from the shape file with ogrinfo

	    EXTENT 29.114435 98.116613 29.760630 98.806552

	    UNITS DD

	 

	            LAYER

	                        NAME "Bexar County"

	                        TYPE POLYGON

	                        STATUS ON

	                        DATA "tgr48029all"

	    # don't know if this projection is valid!

	                        PROJECTION


	                           "proj=latlong"

	                           "ellps=GRS80"

	                           "datum=NAD83"

	                        END                 

	                        CLASS                         

	                        NAME "Bexar County"

	                        OUTLINECOLOR 90 90 90

	                        COLOR 0 255 0

	                        END

	END

	# End of map layer

	            

	# This credits layer always works/displays!         

	            LAYER

	                                     NAME "credits"

	                                     STATUS DEFAULT

	                                     TRANSFORM FALSE

	                                     TYPE ANNOTATION

	                                     FEATURE

	
POINTS 10 290

	                                     END

	                                     TEXT 'Made with Mapserver.
AIM to see it.'

	            END

	            CLASS

	                                    LABEL

	                                    TYPE BITMAP

	                                    POSITION CR

	                                    COLOR 0 0 0

	                                    END

	                        END

	END

	# end of credits layer

	END

	# end of bexar2.map for Bexar County, Texas.

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