[mapserver-users] Installing MapServer on Windows

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi,

On IIS systems I often have to set the PROJ_LIB system environment
variable, to the location of the 'epsg' file, and then reboot the
server, such as:

  Variable: PROJ_LIB
  Value: C:\ms4w\proj\nad

-jeff


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



On 2014-06-27, 11:11 PM, Kris Spring wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> I've got a dump of a NASA World Wind map database and I'm trying to
> setup a standalone map environment. Not sure if anyone has done this
> before, but the documentation isn't exactly up to date or complete.
> 
> Here's my setup:
> Windows 7 64-bit
> MapServer 6.4.1
> 
> I've installed MapServer and have modified IIS7 so that I can run
> mapserv.exe.  The NASA World Wind comes with a .map file and basically
> everything that I need. When I try to bring up the .map file I get the
> following error:
> 
> Sample url: 
> localhost/mapserver/mapserv.exe?map=<path>/nasaww.map&request=getacpabilities&service=wms
> 
> msProcessProjection(): Projection library error. proj error "Permission
> denied" for "init=epsg:4326"
> 
> I've tried looking at permissions and opening everything up just to see
> if I can get it to work, but no dice.  Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Kris
> 
>