[postgis-users] use mapserver with Postgis data

[Tommie M. Jones]

I too am going through this process.  Fun stuff.  One thing that was an
issue for me was the realization that postgis flag was not standalone.
You have to do a =/file/path/to/pg_config or something like that.  (I
dont have access to my configuration here.

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On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Hankley, Chip wrote:

> Cedric -
>
> There are a couple of docs you might refer to:
>
> The postGIS docs have a section on working w/ MapServer
>   http://postgis.refractions.net/docs/x424.html#AEN489
>
> The following document also has a sample layer definition for MapServer
>   http://www.gasai.com/gisapps/WindowsHowTo.html#BuildaTable
>
> I've just gone through this process myself, the big thing for me was the
> following statement in the layer definition:
>
>   CONNECTIONTYPE postgis
>   CONNECTION "user=postgres dbname=myGISdb host=localhost"
>
> These two lines are the keys... they are really the only thing that seems to
> separate the layer definition from a regular layer... the CONNECTION line
> can be a little tricky. The PostGIS docs say that some of these are
> optional... this was the only combination that I could get to work, and I
> HAD to specify "localhost" as the host... my regular machine name would NOT
> work. Note that for my setup, PostGIS and MapServer are running ON THE SAME
> MACHINE. That is the only reason why LOCALHOST will work (I think).
>
> Apparently to be able to use different machines, you have to change
> something on the PostgreSQL side to allow other connections, but I haven't
> figured that out.
>
> Anyway, try those layer definitions. If it doesn't work, MS should return
> some errors - search the PostGIS and MapServer archives using these errors
> and they should help you figure it out.
>
> Chip
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cedric BERNIER [mailto:cedric.bernier at thales-is.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 8:27 AM
> To: postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net
> Cc: gleeming at refractions.net
> Subject: [postgis-users] use mapserver with Postgis data
>
>
> Hi all !
>
> I would like to visualize my data stored with PostGIS using mapserver.
>
> I have installed and configured mapserver (itasca demo works fine), is
> anyone
> could tell me how to use my data stored in my database as input of the
> mapserver
> ?
> Maybe something to read before ?
>
> I have configure mapserver with --postgis flag and it seems to be ok.
>
>
>
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