[mapserver-users] Mapserver PostGIS Points Layer coming up blank

Stephen Woodbridge woodbri at swoodbridge.com
Fri May 31 14:10:25 PDT 2013


Try adding the following to your mapfile.

-Steve W

On 5/31/2013 3:52 PM, Michael McInnis wrote:
>
> Dear Mapserver List,
>
> I've progressed to the point where the following does not show any
> errors but the subsequent map image is blank/white.
> I confirmed INPUT=POSTGIS shows up with mapserv -v and I know the table
> is constructed properly because I can display it easily in QGIS.
>
> Any help debugging this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I was successful rendering shapefiles with my mapserver installation.
>
> Another possible clue is that if I uncomment the STYLE/SYMBOL line I get
> an error it can't find the following:
> unable to open file /ms4w/apps/gmap/htdocs/circle for reading
>
> Install :
>
> MapServer version 6.0.3 from MS4W
> PostGreSQL 9.0.13
> PostGIS 2.0
>
> Map File :
>
> MAP
>      NAME airports
>      EXTENT -180 -90 180 90
>      SIZE 1000 500

SYMBOL
   NAME "circle-filled"
   TYPE ELLIPSE
   FILLED TRUE
   POINTS 1 1 END
END

>      LAYER
>          CONNECTIONTYPE POSTGIS
>          NAME "airports"
>          CONNECTION "host=localhost dbname=Business user=####
> password=#### port=5432"
>          PROCESSING "CLOSE_CONNECTION=DEFER"
>          DATA "geomll From airports"
>          STATUS ON
>          TYPE POINT
>          CLASS
>              NAME "airportsClass"
>              STYLE
>                  #SYMBOL 'circle'
                    SYMBOL 'circle-filled'
                    SIZE 4
>                  COLOR 255 22 22
>              END
>          END # Class
>      END # Layer
> END # Map File
>
> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/ms4w/apps/gmap/htdocs/airports.map&layer=airports&mode=map
>
> This produces a black background with a 1000 pixel by 500 pixel white
> space in Firefox.
>
>
>
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