[mapserver-users] Map image not appearing

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Bob,

Hmm I have been in that same situation many times.  My thoughts:

- since your map image is created properly on disk, this means that 
there is no problem with your IMAGEPATH setting in your mapfile
- however there might be a problem with your IMAGEURL setting in your 
mapfile.  In your mapping application, in Firefox right-click where the 
map image is supposed to be, and select "View Image"...does that URL in 
the location bar match what you specified in the mapfile's IMAGEURL 
setting? (and verify that you have configured your Apache correctly for 
that alias)

For example, MapServer for Windows (MS4W) comes with Apache configured 
for a "ms_tmp" alias, which points to /ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/ on your harddrive.

Those are my initial thoughts when hitting that error.

-jeff

-- 
Jeff McKenna
MapServer Consulting and Training Services
http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/




On 11-05-02 11:29 AM, Bistrais, Bob wrote:
> I have an application which doesn’t show its map image. I think it’s not
> accessing the tmp directory for the image, in Firebug I get a 404 not
> found error. I can see the map image in a Windows Explorer, and view the
> image graphic. I know this must be something simple, but I’m perplexed.
> Other than the imagedir variable in the Map file, can anyone think of
> another place to check? Permissions issue?