Map fails to display in interactive mode (&mode=browse). Help!

Fri Oct 19 01:26:50 PDT 2007

Thanks, it works!! :)

By the way, am I correct when assuming that everything
else (SHAPEPATH, FONTSET, TEMPLATE, IMAGEPATH, etc) is
relative to the folder where the .MAP file resides,
and only IMAGEURL is relative to the web root?

Where can I find references relevant to the file
location stuff above?

Regards,
-Kresh

--- "Fawcett, David" <David.Fawcett at STATE.MN.US>
wrote:

> The URL in IMAGEURL should be relative to the web
> root.  Try something
> like:
>      IMAGEURL '/temp/'
> 
> David.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: UMN MapServer Users List
> [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
> Behalf Of kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 7:44 AM
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Map fails to display
> in interactive mode
> (&mode=browse). Help!
> 
> 
> So I'm experimenting with MapServer on my notebook
> with Windows XP SP2, Apache 2.0.54, and MapServer
> for
> Windows (MS4W) 1.2.2.
> 
> My file placement scheme is fairly complex, because
> I
> put map-related files (.MAP, .SHP, etc) and HTML
> files
> on different folders. Here's the folders where I put
> map-related files:
> C:\mapfiles\mapfile\ C:\mapfiles\shp\
> C:\mapfiles\font\
> C:\mapfiles\simbol\
> 
> And here's the folders where I put HTML templates
> and
> TEMP files:
> C:\ms4w\Apache\htdocs\html\
> C:\ms4w\Apache\htdocs\temp\
> C:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\ -=> where mapserv.exe
>  resides
> 
> 
> I do not use absolute folder hierarchy in my URL
> references, though. Instead, I use relative folder
> hierarchy. For example, here's how I write the URL
> on
> my browser, to call a map file from the folder where
> mapserv.exe resides
> (traversing from C:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\to
> C:\mapfiles\mapfile\):
>
http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=../../../mapfiles/mapfile/map01
> .map&layers=All&mode=map
> 
> 
> And
>  here's how I specify the SHP folders from my map
> files.
>   SHAPEPATH "../shp"
>   FONTSET "../font/font.dat"
>   SYMBOLSET "../simbol/simbol.sym"
>   IMAGECOLOR 210 233 255  # biru muda
> 
>   WEB
>      TEMPLATE
> '../../ms4w/Apache/htdocs/html/map01_tmp1.html'
>      IMAGEPATH '../../ms4w/Apache/htdocs/temp/'
>      IMAGEURL '../../ms4w/Apache/htdocs/temp/'
> 
> 
> So as you see above, I use relative folder hierarchy
> to specify those folders (IMO it's a good practice
> in
> linux environment).
> 
> 
> So far, I have created various map files and I
> haven't
> had any problems displaying maps (SHP layers) in
> static mode (&mode=map).
> 
> 
> Then I tried to use interactive 
> mode (&mode=browse). I have created a map file for
> that purpose, and I have made the necessary HTML
> template file and the HTML legends file. I attached
> those files with this mail:
> - map file: map01.map
> - HTML template: map01_tmp1.html
> - HTML legends: map01_leg.html
> 
> First, I tested my map file in static mode, and the
> maps are displayed correctly without problems.
> However, when I try to call the map file in browse
> mode, the map just failed to display. All I got is
> just red "X" where the map should be displayed.
> 
> (I cannot attach the screenshots because they're
> larger than 80k)
> 
> I have confirmed that it is not the problem with my
> browser; I have tried another browser (Opera) and
> the
> problem stays. Besides, non-MapServer web pages
> (like
> Google, etc) display pictures with no problem.
> 
> And when I checked the TEMP folder
> (C:\ms4w\Apache\htdocs\temp\),
> MapServer actually CREATED all those temporary GIF
> files whenever I open
> the map file using browser mode. In fact, when I
> view the resulting HTML
> codes from my browser, the page DOES refer to the
> temporary .GIF files
> being created by MapServer. I attached the resulting
> HTML code as well
> (03_the_resulting_html_code.txt).
> 
> Alas, the page just does not display those temporary
> .GIF files --it just displays all the red "X" marks.
> 
> So what's wrong here? Is it the fault of my browser?
> But I have tried other browser and the problem
> stays. 
> 
> Or maybe because my complex folder scheme? Probably
> because I use relative folder hierarcy to call the
> necessary files? But all map files I have created
> have
> no problems at all displaying the maps in static
> mode.
> 
> Or maybe there's a component I forgot to install?
> 
> Help!
> -Kresh
> 
> 
> 
>
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