[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Map files for dummies?

[Dave Nuttall]

I have an instance of Mapserver 4.8.1 running on CentOS with Apache 2.20, PHP 5.1.2 and Mapscript running as a DSO.   I can make/display maps where I use the canned tutorials.  But I’m failing to create map displays when I substitute shapefiles that are of local interest.   The shapefiles in question are apparently valid, since I can read them without any problems using “ogrinfo –al shapefile.shp”.   I extract the decimal dimensions and create my own *.map file, but all I ever get is the layer for pseudo-credits.   If someone could tweak my map file (which follows), it would be a valuable learning experience for me.   TIA. Dave Nuttall San Antonio, TX   Here is my map file:   MAP     NAME BEXAR2     STATUS ON     SIZE 400 300     IMAGETYPE PNG     IMAGECOLOR 240 240 240     SHAPEPATH "/var/www/data/texas"     # the extents were pulled from the shape file with ogrinfo     EXTENT 29.114435 98.116613 29.760630 98.806552     UNITS DD               LAYER                         NAME "Bexar County"                         TYPE POLYGON                         STATUS ON                         DATA "tgr48029all"     # don't know if this projection is valid!                         PROJECTION                                                                   "proj=latlong"                            "ellps=GRS80"                            "datum=NAD83"                         END                                         CLASS                                                 NAME "Bexar County"                         OUTLINECOLOR 90 90 90                         COLOR 0 255 0                         END END # End of map layer             # This credits layer always works/displays!                     LAYER                                      NAME "credits"                                      STATUS DEFAULT                                      TRANSFORM FALSE                                      TYPE ANNOTATION                                      FEATURE                                                                                     POINTS 10 290                                      END                                      TEXT 'Made with Mapserver. AIM to see it.'             END             CLASS                                     LABEL                                     TYPE BITMAP                                     POSITION CR                                     COLOR 0 0 0                                     END                         END END # end of credits layer END # end of bexar2.map for Bexar County, Texas.