[mapserver-users] Problem with using MapServer

[Rahkonen Jukka]

Hi,

Perhaps because your mapfile is so minimal that the WorldLayer does not have any style? Try addindg some CLASS and STYLE into layer definitions, for example

CLASS
    STYLE
      COLOR 100 100 255
    END
END

It is also a good habit to be caseSensitive, even it is not always necessary.  And you do not need  CONNECTIONTYPE OGR with shapefiles, but it should not be a problem now.

-Jukka-



Pier Nardin wrote:
Rahkonen

> I modified the .map file as follows:

MAP
  NAME World
  STATUS ON
  SIZE 400 300
  EXTENT -180 -90 180 90
  UNITS DD
  SHAPEPATH "C:/OSGeo4W/apps/ramm-demo"
  IMAGECOLOR 0 255 255

  PROJECTION
    "init=epsg:4326"
  END

  WEB
    IMAGEPATH "C:/OSGeo4W/tmp/ms_tmp/"
    IMAGEURL "/ms_tmp/"
  END

  LAYER
    NAME WorldLayer
    TYPE POLYGON
    DATA "data/world.shp"
    CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
    STATUS ON
  END

END

and I modified the url as follows:

http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?MAP=C:\OSGeo4W\apps\ramm-demo\ramm.map&SERVICE=wms&VERSION=1.1.1&LAYERS=Worldlayer&REQUEST=GetMap&BBOX=-180,-90,180,90&FORMAT=image/png&WIDTH=800&HEIGHT=600&SRS=EPSG:4326

Now I get no errors but an empty cyan image. Do you know what could be wrong now.

Yours sincerely
Pier Nardin
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rahkonen Jukka 
  To: Pier Nardin ; mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org 
  Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 1:35 PM
  Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Problem with using MapServer


  Hi,

  Error seems to be somehow related to symbols.  There may be some typo in your symbols.txt file.  However, you do not need symbols in the beginning, so try what happens if you comment out the symbols:
   #SYMBOLSET ../etc/symbols.txt

  -Jukka Rahkonen-



    Pier Nardin  wrote:

     
    I have created a sample Mapserver .map file with information about my map data as follows: 

    MAP
      NAME World
      STATUS ON
      SIZE 400 300
      SYMBOLSET ../etc/symbols.txt
      EXTENT -180 -90 180 90
      UNITS DD
      SHAPEPATH "data"
      IMAGECOLOR 0 0 0

      WEB
        IMAGEPATH "C:/OSGeo4W/tmp/ms_tmp/"
        IMAGEURL "/ms_tmp/"
      END

      LAYER
        NAME WorldLayer
        TYPE POLYGON
        CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
        CONNECTION "data/world.Tab"
        STATUS ON
      END

    END


    When I call MapServer with the url:

    http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?MAP=C:\OSGeo4W\apps\ramm-demo\ramm.map&SERVICE=wms&VERSION=1.1.1&LAYERS=WorldLayer&REQUEST=GetMap&BBOX=-180,-90,180,90&FORMAT=image/png&WIDTH=400&HEIGHT=300

    I get the following error instead of an image:

    getString(): Symbol definition error. Parsing error near ('):(line 16) 

    Would anyone know were my mistake is?

    Pier Nardin