[mapserver-users] zipped shapefile

[Ben Grange]

Thanks for the speedy replies, guys. I have it working now. For me the
issue was the product of (1) using a relative path, and (2) using the wrong
TYPE. Silly me!

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 7:34 AM Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
wrote:

> On 2016-06-23 3:49 AM, Even Rouault wrote:
> >
> > Definitely not in the DATA that must be a layer name or SQL SELECT, but
> in CONNECTION.
> > It is important to put the absolute path, as the SHAPEPATH directive
> will have no effect on
> > a /vsizip/ filename. As Mike raised, it is recommended to put the
> filename of the shape too.
> > (you may omit it if the .shp is at the root of the .zip and there's no
> other "extra" file than the ones
> > expected for a shapefile. When you omit it, the zip is recognized as a
> directory and it is the
> > same logic as doing ogrinfo on a directory that is applied. Will work
> with directory of shapefiles
> > and .tab/.mif for example)
>
> Thank you Even, my issue was the full path requirement.  I will document
> this now.
>
> Below is my working layer (with MS4W 3.1.4 / MapServer 7.0.1) :
>
> LAYER
>    NAME "testzip"
>    TYPE POLYGON
>    STATUS ON
>    CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
>    CONNECTION "/vsizip/D:/ms4w/apps/test/test.zip"
>    DATA "test"
>    CLASS
>      NAME "test"
>      STYLE
>        COLOR 240 240 240
>        OUTLINECOLOR 199 199 199
>      END
>    END
> END # layer
>
> -jeff
>
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