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snippet at the bottom of Section 4 about gdaltindex and creating a tile ind=
ex
shapefile.  I tried that. =20



Here's what I typed: gdaltindex u_of_ill.shp ~/Desktop/UofImapSquares/*.gif



Here's what was returned to me:

It appears no georeferencing is available for

`/home/jimbo/Desktop/UofImapSquares/A0.gif', skipping.

It appears no georeferencing is available for

`/home/jimbo/Desktop/UofImapSquares/A12.gif', skipping.

and so on.........



Ok.  Yes.  I know.  There's no georeferencing info attached.

But, how do I go about attaching georeferencing info? =20

And how do I create, edit, and view a shapefile?

And lastly, do I need a world file to determine a global position for every
tile?



I tried using a text editor Gedit (I figured What the Hey?) to open them an=
d
nope - wasn't in UTF-8 encoding.



I did some digging Google and noticed that you can use ArcView GIS, ArcMap,
ArcGIS, and ArcCatalog to create, edit, and view shapefiles.



I also stumbled across posting that talked about ShapeLib created by Eduard=
o
Patto Kanegae and maintained by Frank Warmerdam.



I don't have money to spend on buying some GIS program, and ShapeLib seems =
like
the answer.



Could anyone help?



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Great!&nbsp; Ok.&nbsp; Well, it looks like you've armed me with enough info=
 to take over the world - at least on my computer screen.&nbsp; You've clea=
red up a lot of mysteries that I've had thus far.&nbsp; I'm going to go app=
ly all this and see what explodes and doesn't explode.&nbsp; I do have one =
problem I can think of with the app that I already had created, but I'll wa=
it to see if it goes away after I apply all of this helpful info.&nbsp; I d=
on't think it will.&nbsp; I'm pretty sure it involves how I'm setting up my=
 extents (Markers are always a few hundred yards off and each marker that i=
s located further north rotates north and east following a circular counter=
-clockwise pattern).&nbsp; But, don't worry about that now.&nbsp; I'll try =
and figure it out.&nbsp; <br><br>Thanks, Ed.&nbsp; You are a very patient m=
an and very nice too.&nbsp; Sorry it took a while for me to see the light, =
but I usually learn best when seeing examples, diagrams, pictures, etc.&nbs=
p; So, typically I'll have to draw or write stuff out to get the idea.&nbsp=
; I'm more of a visual person when it comes to memory.<br><br>&nbsp;- Chris=
<br><br><blockquote><hr>Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:03:47 -0400<br>From: ed at T=
OPOZONE.COM<br>Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Rasters, TileIndex and Sh=
apefiles - Oh My!  Really Confused<br>To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU<br>=
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<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Chris =96</=
span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
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<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">In my previ=
ous message (quoted below), I
said:</span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"f=
ont-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">#3 </span></font><font color=3D"navy"=
 face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Ari=
al; color: navy;">"The X pixel
dimension will be (maxx =96 minx) / xpixels, and the Y will be (miny =96 ma=
xy) /
ypixels.&nbsp; You should find that the X number is -1 times the Y number."=
</span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font></p>

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pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">And that is=
 correct.&nbsp; Maxx IS the =93greatest
number in lat/lon or meters=94, etc.&nbsp; Maxx =96 minx will be a positive=
 number, and
miny =96 maxy (note that they=92re reversed) will be a negative number.</sp=
an></font></p>

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pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
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10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><span style=3D"">-<font face=3D"Tim=
es New Roman" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&=
quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-=
size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norma=
l;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></span></span></font><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=
=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Ed=
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pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Ed
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></p>

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pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">TopoZone.co=
m</span></font></p>

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pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
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<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><b><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=
=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span><=
/font></b><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: Tahoma;"> UMN MapServer
Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] <b><span style=3D"font-we=
ight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Christopher Harris<br>
<b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, September =
27, 2007
11:49 AM<br>
<b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.=
UMN.EDU<br>
<b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [UMN_MAPSERVE=
R-USERS]
Rasters, TileIndex and Shapefiles - Oh My! Really Confused</span></font></p=
>

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tyle=3D"font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"f=
ont-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Ok.....sorry it's taken me a while to=
 post again.&nbsp; Got
caught up with something else.<br>
Considering the info and dimensions I have right now pending on what you sa=
y
about how I got those tiled images.<br>
<br>
In Lat/Lon:<br>
TL - lat =3D 40.117268<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; lon =3D -88.248281<br>
<br>
BR - lat =3D 40.082274<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; lon =3D -88.205980<br>
<br>
In Pixels:<br>
Image Width =3D 2602<br>
Image Height =3D 2800<br>
<br>
X pixel dimension:<br>
(-88.205980)-(-88.248281)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
0.042301<br>
________________________&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =3D&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
_____________&nbsp;&nbsp; =3D &nbsp; 0.000016257&nbsp; <br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp;
2602&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbs=
p;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2602<br>
<br>
Y pixel dimension:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 40.082277-40.117268&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp=
;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -0.034991<br>
________________________&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =3D&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
_____________&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =3D&nbsp; -0.000012497<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
2800&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2800<br>
<br>
Yeah, I see how I reversed them.&nbsp; I was thinking max was the greatest
number in lat/lon or meters and not in regard to the image and its coordina=
te
system.&nbsp; With the numbers provided so far, his should be right - right=
?<br>
<br>
&nbsp;- Chris</span></font></p>

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<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font face=3D"Taho=
ma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Subjec=
t: RE: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS]
Rasters, TileIndex and Shapefiles - Oh My! Really Confused<br>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:25:52 -0400<br>
From: ed at topozone.com<br>
To: docterrobert at msn.com; MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU</span></font></p>

<div>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Chris =96</=
span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt=
; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">(I added th=
e list back to the reply line =96
please always reply to the whole list =96 thanks)</span></font><font face=
=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;=
"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">A world fil=
e is in the units of the
image=92s projection, not the other way around.&nbsp; Having a world file d=
oes
not mean the image is in UTM projection.&nbsp; The UTM projection is a popu=
lar
one, but it=92s certainly not the only one.&nbsp; For a map in Illinois UTM=
 is
certainly a possibility, but an Illinois State Plane Coordinate System
projection is also a possibility =96 especially if the original imagery cam=
e from
the State of Illinois.&nbsp; And geographic lat/lon coordinates are also a
possibility due to the increasing number of people in the world who seem to
think the Earth is flat (at least on the Web).</span></font><font face=3D"T=
ahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"></s=
pan></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I don=92t k=
now which campus you=92re using,
but if you=92re at UIUC then the UTM coordinates will be in UTM Zone 16 wit=
h
values of around 395000 (X or Easting) &nbsp;4440000 (Y or Northing).&nbsp;=
 If
your numbers don=92t look like those, they=92re not UTM.</span></font><font=
 face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Ta=
homa;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Oh, sorry =
=96 I started answering before
reading all the questions, and you later seem to confirm that your coordina=
tes
are indeed UTM.&nbsp; But you got the formulas backwards, and X should be
positive while Y should be negative- not the other way around.&nbsp; And th=
e
measurements in your world file are indeed in meters, but that=92s because =
those
are the native units of the UTM projection being used.&nbsp; There=92s noth=
ing
that requires them to be in meters; many US state plane coordinate systems
use units of feet, and those would appear in the world file, too.</span></f=
ont><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-f=
amily: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Now it is h=
ighly unlikely that your pixel
resolution is different in each dimension.&nbsp; You could average those tw=
o
numbers, or double-check your coordinate values (you didn=92t say what sour=
ce you
used to get them).&nbsp; If you got this image from a GIS source, I would s=
ay
that if you think the dimensions are different you=92re wrong, but who know=
s what
the University did to munge the image into a pretty picture.&nbsp; So maybe=
 the
dimensions ARE different; that=92s not impossible, just odd.&nbsp; I still =
would
double-check your measurements and math, but if you get the same answer tha=
t=92s
OK.</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size:=
 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Once you do=
 that you just have to crank
out those world files!</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span =
style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

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ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

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"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: =
10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">-</span></font><font color=3D"navy"=
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nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></font><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span s=
tyle=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Ed</span></font>=
<font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-famil=
y: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

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pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Ed
 McNierney</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"fon=
t-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">TopoZone.co=
m</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 1=
0pt; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

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pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
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<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><b><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=
=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span><=
/font></b><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: Tahoma;"> Christopher
Harris [mailto:docterrobert at msn.com] <br>
<b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, September=
 26,
2007 1:13 PM<br>
<b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Ed
 McNierney<br>
<b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [UMN_MAPSERVE=
R-USERS]
Rasters, TileIndex and Shapefiles - Oh My! Really Confused</span></font></p=
>

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tyle=3D"font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D=
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<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"f=
ont-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Wow.&nbsp; Thanks Ed.&nbsp; You went =
to a lot of
trouble.&nbsp; Most of this stuff you've explained I have a handle on.&nbsp=
; I
wikipedia'd how to make a world file when I did that previous app.&nbsp; An=
d
yes, it's the same app with the image that's in UTM projection.&nbsp; I
actually have one last question about that, but I'll do a separate post for
that.&nbsp; This is a modification of that app.&nbsp; See, I've been using =
this
"Parking Lot" map for the University
 of Illinois, because I
couldn't find a better looking one.&nbsp; Well, yesterday, I noticed that y=
ou
could go their full campus map and right click on each individual tile and =
save
it as a .gif.&nbsp; I had tried this before but was apparently clicking on
certain, wrong areas of each tile every time where I guess the javascript w=
as
blocking me.&nbsp; The javascript that they use displays info on certain
buildings when you click on them.&nbsp; If you happen to right-click on or
around a building and try to save, you can't.&nbsp; You have to click somew=
here
else on the tile that's on or around a building.&nbsp; Anywho - my boss now
wants me to take what I've done with that one pic of&nbsp; the "Parking
Lot" and now apply it to a big tiled image of the entire campus (enter the
tiles I've saved).&nbsp; That's the back story as to what's going on.<br>
<br>
I have 3 questions now.<br>
<br>
#1 You asked if the image is in UTM.&nbsp; I'm basing the image projection =
on
the world file.&nbsp; I remember you (or maybe this one other guy on this l=
ist
serv) telling me before that you can't distinguish what projection a world =
file
is in - that that's one of the cons to world files.&nbsp; Every example I'v=
e
ever seen after typing in "World File" in Google shows a world file
that is in meters and says that it's using UTM projection.&nbsp; That's sti=
ll
the case right?<br>
<br>
Oh, the lat/lon has to do with me reprojecting.&nbsp; See, someone passes m=
e a
lat/lon coordinate (a center point).&nbsp; I then take that, and convert it=
 to
UTM, because the map's projection is in UTM due to the world file being in =
UTM.<br>
<br>
Thanks for your time and patience by the way.&nbsp; You've been a huge help=
.<br>
<br>
#2 The one thing I'm hazy on in regard to the world file is: <br>
the 1st and 4th line - pixel size in the <i><span style=3D"font-style: ital=
ic;">x</span></i>-direction
and y-direction in map units/pixel<br>
<br>
I understand why x is positive and y is almost always negative.&nbsp; But, =
does
that mean, for example, <br>
if I type 2 for the 1st line and -2 for the fourth line, then there will be=
 2
meters per pixel going both directions?&nbsp; For that I could never find a=
n
example of what they meant.&nbsp; I just assumed that.&nbsp; I usually work=
 best
with seeing an example, and one was never provided on any of the pages I
visited.<br>
<br>
#3 </span></font><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=
=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">"The X pixel dimensi=
on will be (maxx
=96 minx) / xpixels, and the Y will be (miny =96 maxy) / ypixels.&nbsp; You=
 should
find that the X number is -1 times the Y number."<br>
</span></font><font color=3D"black" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=
=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><br>
Is pixel dimension related to question #2?&nbsp; For instance (in meters):<=
br>
<br>
TL - 393898 4441379 BR - 396253 4438945</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" =
size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><br>
</span></font><font color=3D"black" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=
=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><br>
maxx=3D393898, maxy=3D4441379<br>
minx=3D396253, miny=3D4438945<br>
<br>
DeltaX=3D-2355, DeltaY=3D2434<br>
<br>
Say the mosaic's dimensions in pixels are.........: X=3D1500, Y=3D2000<br>
<br>
X pixel dimension =3D -2355/1500 =3D -1.57 meters/pixel<br>
Y pixel dimension =3D 2434/2000 =3D 1.217 meters/pixel<br>
<br>
That right?<br>
<br>
&nbsp;- Chris</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"=
font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

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<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font face=3D"Taho=
ma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Subjec=
t: RE: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS]
Rasters, TileIndex and Shapefiles - Oh My! Really Confused<br>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:45:54 -0400<br>
From: ed at topozone.com<br>
To: docterrobert at MSN.COM; MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU</span></font></p>

<div>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Chris =96</=
span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt=
; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">OK =96 it=
=92s not as bad as all that =96 don=92t
fire up Photoshop yet.&nbsp; If you have a set of tiles which together crea=
te a
seamless large image, and those tiles are of a regular size and shape, don=
=92t
bother pasting them together.</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"=
><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Each world =
file has six numbers in it, two
of which will be 0.&nbsp; For each image tile you need a world file that
contains the X/Y coordinates of the upper left pixel of the image (two
numbers), and the dimension (size) of each pixel in X (one number) and Y (o=
ne
number) units.&nbsp; In the vast majority of cases the last two numbers wil=
l be
identical except for sign (the Y value is normally a negative number since =
Y
values decrease as you go from the top to the bottom of the image).</span><=
/font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font=
-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">If your ima=
ges make a rectangle when
pasted together, just treat them as one.&nbsp; Find the X/Y coordinates of =
the
upper left corner of the entire image area, and the X/Y coordinates of the
lower right corner of the entire image area.&nbsp; Find the size of the ent=
ire
mosaiced rectangle in X and Y pixels.&nbsp; The X pixel dimension will be (=
maxx
=96 minx) / xpixels, and the Y will be (miny =96 maxy) / ypixels.&nbsp; You=
 should
find that the X number is -1 times the Y number.</span></font><font face=3D=
"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"><=
/span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">For all you=
r world files, these two X and
Y extent values (the first and fourth lines) will be constants.&nbsp; The l=
ast
two lines are the upper left X and Y coordinates of each tile.&nbsp; Your t=
iles
will all have the same Y value across each row, and the same X value down e=
ach
column.&nbsp; You know what the upper-left corner of the upper-left tile is=
,
because you measured it.&nbsp; You know the number of X pixels in each tile=
 and
the number of Y pixels in each tile, and you now know the size in X and Y u=
nits
of each pixel, so you know the extent of each image tile in X and Y units, =
so
you can calculate the upper-left corner coordinate of the image to the righ=
t
and the image below.&nbsp; Repeat until complete.</span></font><font face=
=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;=
"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">All your me=
asurements need to be done in
the units of the image=92s coordinate system.&nbsp; Is this the image you w=
ere
asking about earlier that=92s in UTM projection?&nbsp; If so, you need UTM
coordinates, NOT lat/lon.&nbsp; I wouldn=92t recommend Google Earth as a ve=
ry
accurate way to do that, but if it=92s close enough for you and easy that=
=92s OK.&nbsp;
If you can easily find the corners of your image area on a topo map you can=
 do
it on TopoZone and get UTM coordinates accurate to within a few meters just=
 by
clicking on the spots that match the corner points of your image.</span></f=
ont><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-f=
amily: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">If there is=
n=92t an obvious landmark at the
corner, you can pick a prominent location NEAR the corner and just measure =
the
number of pixels away from the corner it is.&nbsp; It=92s just a bit more
bookkeeping but does the same thing.</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" siz=
e=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font=
></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-left: 33pt; text-indent: -0.25in;=
"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: =
10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">-</span></font><font color=3D"navy"=
 face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"1"><span style=3D"font-size: 7pt; font-family: Tah=
oma; color: navy;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D=
"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Ed</span></font><font f=
ace=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Taho=
ma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Ed
 McNierney</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"fon=
t-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">TopoZone.co=
m</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 1=
0pt; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

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pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

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<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><b><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=
=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span><=
/font></b><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: Tahoma;"> UMN MapServer
Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] <b><span style=3D"font-we=
ight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Christopher Harris<br>
<b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, September=
 26,
2007 11:15 AM<br>
<b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.=
UMN.EDU<br>
<b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [UMN_MAPSERVE=
R-USERS]
Rasters, TileIndex and Shapefiles - Oh My! Really Confused</span></font></p=
>

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<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><span s=
tyle=3D"font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D=
"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p=
>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"f=
ont-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Thanks again, Ed.&nbsp; I need to cle=
ar up some things that
I guess I didn't make clear.<br>
<br>
I know that a world file provides georeferencing.&nbsp; I meant to say that=
 I
had a .gif that had no georeferencing info associated with it, and then add=
ed
one.&nbsp; From there I got my initial app to work (displaying the big map)=
.<br>
<br>
One thing I omitted was that the little .gifs (tiles), when assembled, make=
 up
a different big map pic then the one where mentioned :</span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">=93</span><=
/font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font=
-family: Tahoma;">it uses one .gif (the big map pic),
attaches the big map to the globe via a world file.&nbsp; That big map .gif=
 had
no georeferencing info attached to it."</span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"f=
ont-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Before I had a pic of a large section=
 of a college
campus.&nbsp; Now I have a pic of the entire campus, but in little tiles.</=
span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"f=
ont-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">I know Mapserver makes maps and not p=
ics too.&nbsp; I probably
just worded something wrong.</span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">"So =96 wha=
t do you know about these
images?&nbsp; Do you really have a world file that correctly describes your=
 big
GIF image?&nbsp; Do you know exactly how the little images were created fro=
m
the big image?&nbsp; If so, you should be able to figure out how to generat=
e
world files for each individual image.&nbsp; If not, you=92ll need to get t=
hat
information for your big image."<br>
<br>
</span></font><font color=3D"black" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=
=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Yes, I have a world=
 file, but it's for the pic
that shows a large section of the campus - not for the big pic that is the =
sum
of the little pics.<br>
<br>
<br>
Ok, so then I have to have a world file for every little tile, but before t=
hat
I need to correctly set up the world file for the big pic, which I guess I'=
ll
need to assemble in Photoshop.&nbsp; Does that sound right?&nbsp; I can do =
it, it's
just a bit tedious lining up the tiles and such.&nbsp; Also, how do you
correctly align a pic of some map on the globe.&nbsp; I've been using Googl=
e
Maps to do it.&nbsp; I'll sit there and study where the pic's corners shoul=
d
approximately be, then get the lat/lon from that (clicking directions to or
from will yield the lat/lons).<br>
<br>
Thank you.<br>
<br>
&nbsp;- Chris&nbsp;</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span sty=
le=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></font></p>

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<font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-famil=
y: Tahoma;">

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</span></font></div>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font face=3D"Taho=
ma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Subjec=
t: RE: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS]
Rasters, TileIndex and Shapefiles - Oh My! Really Confused<br>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:36:42 -0400<br>
From: ed at topozone.com<br>
To: docterrobert at MSN.COM; MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU</span></font></p>

<div>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Chris =96</=
span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt=
; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Let me sugg=
est you try to get unconfused
just one step at a time!</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><spa=
n style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">=93</span><=
/font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font=
-family: Tahoma;">it uses one .gif (the big map pic),
attaches the big map to the globe via a world file.&nbsp; That big map .gif=
 had
no georeferencing info attached to it.=94</span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"f=
ont-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">That=92s a =
bit of a contradiction.&nbsp; A
world file is one way of providing georeferencing.&nbsp; If you=92ve got an=
 image
=93attached=94 to the Earth via a world file, you=92ve georeferenced it.</s=
pan></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;=
 font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">&nbsp;</spa=
n></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; f=
ont-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><font color=3D"navy" face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">MapServer m=
akes maps, not pictures.&nbsp;
One of the chief differences is that a map has geographic location informat=
ion
associated with it.&nbsp; When you ask MapServer to generate a map for you,=
 you
need to tell it the location of the map you want in some coordinate
system.&nbsp; In order for MapServer to know which of your GIF images to us=
e in
making the output map, it needs to know the geographic location of each of
those images.&nbsp; Otherwise it couldn=92t figure out which ones to use.</=
span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt=
; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

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pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">A TILEINDEX=
 is step two in the
process.&nbsp; Once you have a set of more than 1 properly georeferenced im=
ages
that you=92d like to use like a single logical image, you can create a TILE=
INDEX
to do that.&nbsp; But you have to completely and correctly make it through =
step
one first.&nbsp; Once you get the individual images properly georeferenced,
gdaltindex will just work.</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><s=
pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

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pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">So =96 what=
 do you know about these
images?&nbsp; Do you really have a world file that correctly describes your=
 big
GIF image?&nbsp; Do you know exactly how the little images were created fro=
m
the big image?&nbsp; If so, you should be able to figure out how to generat=
e
world files for each individual image.&nbsp; If not, you=92ll need to get t=
hat
information for your big image.</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"=
2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p>

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pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">If you do h=
ave that world file and know
how the tiles were created, let us know (you can post the world file in you=
r
reply =96 it=92s just six lines of text).</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma=
" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"></span><=
/font></p>

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oma; color: navy;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Ed</span></font><font f=
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pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Ed
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<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal"><b><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=
=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span><=
/font></b><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; =
font-family: Tahoma;"> UMN MapServer
Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] <b><span style=3D"font-we=
ight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Christopher Harris<br>
<b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, September=
 26, 2007
10:02 AM<br>
<b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.=
UMN.EDU<br>
<b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [UMN_MAPSERVER-US=
ERS]
Rasters, TileIndex and Shapefiles - Oh My! Really Confused</span></font></p=
>

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tyle=3D"font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></font><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D=
"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"></span></font></p=
>

<p class=3D"EC_MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font face=3D"Taho=
ma" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Hi.&nb=
sp; I have a map that is
broken up into a bunch of .gif tiles.&nbsp; I want to display them on a lay=
er
in Mapserver.&nbsp; I have working version of what I want to accomplish, bu=
t it
uses one .gif (the big map pic), attaches the big map to the globe via a wo=
rld
file.&nbsp; That big map .gif had no georeferencing info attached to it.<br=
>
<br>
These .gifs have no georeferencing information included or attached as well=
.<br>
<br>
I read Section 4 (and Section 9 too) on the mapserver site page:
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/raster_data<br>
<br>


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