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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When i say the shapefiles are yours, i mean
that you know what's inside.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And of course there is a software to manage
shapefile called ArcView (<A
href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcview/">http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcview/</A>)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(ESRI is the creator of this format)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But you may build your own application using PHP,
or the shapelib library.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sylvain B.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=beproject06@yahoo.com href="mailto:beproject06@yahoo.com">Apeksha
Bhambhani</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=sbeorchia@GI-LEMANS.COM
href="mailto:sbeorchia@GI-LEMANS.COM">Sylvain Beorchia</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:42
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> SPAM!!!: Re:
[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] SPAM!!!: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Shapefile to
Mapfile</DIV>
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<DIV id=RTEContent>Hi ,<BR> Thanks a lot. <BR><BR>As you have mentioned
that the shapefiles are ours , by that do you mean that we are supposed to
create our own shapefiles. All this while , in order to practise , we have
been downloading shapefiles and trying to write map files for them .
<BR><BR>So , is there a software to create a shapefile ? <BR><BR>Waiting for
your reply <BR>Apeksha<BR><BR><B><I>Sylvain Beorchia
<sbeorchia@GI-LEMANS.COM></I></B> wrote:
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">Hi,<BR><BR><BR>"According
to our knowledge , a shapefile consists of only one particular <BR>geometric
shape."<BR>Yes, right.<BR><BR>" The map file's function is to combine all
the shapefiles together n their <BR>segregation into their respective
layers. Plz validate this information. "<BR>Yes, if u want.<BR><BR>If you
have 3 shapefiles (one for the points, another for the line, and the
<BR>last one for the polygons), then you have to describe three layer in
your <BR>mapfile. The first one will be of type POINT and the DATA will
point to the <BR>shapefile that contains the points...he second layer will
be of type LINE <BR>...<BR><BR><BR>"we want to know as to how do we know
what are the contents of a shapefile "<BR>I don't understand what youe mean
by that. The shapefiles are yours, so you <BR>know what's inside..., no
?<BR><BR><BR>"We know that shapefile is a combination of .shp , .shx and
.dbf files. <BR>However how can we read the data from these files ."<BR>Well
, mapserver will display the contents of the shapefiles (ie draw an
<BR>image). If you want to read the attributes in the DBF file, then you
have to <BR>write some PHP code...for example.<BR><BR>Hope it will help
you.<BR><BR>Sylvain Beorchia<BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----
<BR>From: Apeksha Bhambhani<BR>To: Sylvain Beorchia<BR>Sent: Wednesday,
December 21, 2005 1:53 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Shapefile to
Mapfile<BR><BR><BR>Hey ,<BR>Thanks for ur reply . Could you plz help us
further.<BR>According to our knowledge , a shapefile consists of only one
particular <BR>geometric shape. The map file's function is to combine all
the shapefiles <BR>together n their segregation into their respective
layers. Plz validate this <BR>information.<BR><BR>However . we want to know
as to how do we know what are the contents of a <BR>shapefile .We have read
the online documentation , but are a lil confused. <BR>For eg. for a layer
when we declare the ' TYPE ' ( corresponding to a <BR>shapefile ) , how do
we know what type does the shapefile contain ?An image <BR>is a collection
of various shapefiles . Hence how is the data of each <BR>shapefile
interpreted ? We know that shapefile is a combination of .shp , <BR>.shx and
.dbf files. However how can we read the data from these files
.<BR><BR>Awaiting your reply .<BR><BR>Sylvain Beorchia <SBEORCHIA
@gi-lemans.com="">wrote:<BR>Hi,<BR><BR>I think you don't understand the way
mapserver work.<BR>You have to write your own mapfile and tell which
shapefile you want to <BR>use for a specific layer.<BR>Check the online
documentation to see how to declare a new layer for a
<BR>shapefile.<BR><BR>Sylvain B.<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----
<BR>From: Apeksha Bhambhani<BR>To: MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU<BR>Sent:
Tuesday, December 20, 2005 9:07 PM<BR>Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS]
Shapefile to Mapfile<BR><BR><BR>If i have a shapefile , how do i convert it
into an appropriate <BR>mapfile ? How will i know which layer corresponds to
which .shp file ?<BR>Plz
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