Luke Kateregga wrote:
Hello there,
Iam new to mapserver. I have installed mapserver plus the demo
applications - chameleon, p_mapper etc and they are all working fine.
The problem is I just cant load my own data. I've tried the mapserver
generator in mapwindow, the qgis web plugin plus Amien in Arcmap but
still no success. I am currently following Web Mapping Illustrated By
Tyler Mitchell, working on his very first example of global.map,
global.html. When I click start map server, I get a page with a blank
portion, instead of the map itself. The gif however is created in the
ms_tmp folder. How do I get to display the map in the browser?
Can also anyone perhaps show me how I can import my own data into the
already made applications like Pmapper or fusion?
Thanks in advance
Hello Luke,
Welcome to the world of MapServer, I think you're going to love it.
I think you should focus on your .map file first, and then worry about
the applications later. To start with, you could go through the
MapServer workshop[1] that is given every year at the FOSS4G conference
- in that you will have access to data and working mapfiles. Also, test
your mapfile using the shp2img commandline utility[2]. I would start
with a small mapfile with only one layer, test it with shp2img, and once
that single layer is showing in the resulting map image from that
command, continue adding layers.
That should get you going. If you ever get totally frustrated, there
are providers out here to help, like myself, offering direct support
services, so keep that in mind.
Anyway good luck and have fun.
-jeff
[1]
http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/dl/mapserver-workshop/ms101_ms4w_package.zip
[2] http://www.mapserver.org/utilities/shp2img.html
--
Jeff McKenna
FOSS4G Consulting and Training Services
http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/
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