[mapserver-users] Postgis tile index not working

[Jeff McKenna]

Nelson Correia wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I'm trying to use a postgis layer as tile index of a raster layer and 
> can't get it working.
> Here are the layers I'm using:
>  
> 
>         LAYER
>                 NAME "layer_tindex"
>                 TYPE POLYGON
>                 CONNECTIONTYPE POSTGIS
>                 CONNECTION "host=localhost port=5432 dbname=mydb 
> user=myuser password=mypwd"
>                 DATA "bbox from shapes"
>                 CLASS
>                         STYLE
>                                 OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>                         END
>                 END
>         END
>         LAYER
>                 NAME "layer_raster"
>                 TYPE RASTER
>                 STATUS DEFAULT
>                 DUMP TRUE
>                 TILEINDEX "layer_tindex"
>                 TILEITEM "image_path"
>                 PROJECTION
>                         "init=epsg:4326"
>                 END
>         END
> 
> When I make a request to Mapserver, everything gets into the image, 
> except the images from the "layer_raster" layer. I can even see the 
> bboxes if I turn on the layer "layer_tindex".
>  
> I can't find much documentation about this integration between Mapserver 
> and Postgis, so tell me if I'm making some mistake.
>  
> By the way, I'm doing this with a Mapserver 5.2.1.
>  
> Thanks in advance,
>  

I would start by using the commandline utility shp2img with the 
'-all_debug 3' switch to see all errors (example#3 on 
http://www.mapserver.org/utilities/shp2img.html).

-jeff



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