Thank you, vishal! :) However, I'm not really familiar with Tile Indexing, though. From what I read from here: http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/utilityreference/tile4ms
Tile Indexing enables MapServer to automatically position of multiple shapefiles, according to their vector coordinate relative to each other, am I correct? Thus, I don't have to manually configure which particular shape file should be positioned next to another shape file, etc, etc, do I? If that's the case, then I'm glad to hear it, because manually positioning each shape file is of course a nightmare. O_O I still have concerns, though: my shapefiles will be converted from MapInfo's .TAB files. Assuming that MapServer's will automatically put each shapefile, based on their coordination relative to each other, will there be innacuracies due to converting from MapInfo? For example, will there be a slight overlapping between Province, that needs to be eliminated by hand-tuning? (pardon my paranoia because I'm a newbie) Also, is there any set of downloadable shapefiles for tutorial purpose, specifically for Tile Indexing tutorial? Many, many thanks again, -Kresh --- vishal nagpal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes it is possible to join several shape files using > tile indexing. > It will not be difficult once you are familiar with > the basic functioning of Mapserver > This is what I know and have been doing, > All the best, > Vishal > --- Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm a MapServer newbie, and I'm to show a GIS map > of > > a country using > > MapServer. > > > > The source is MapInfo, and the country's map is > > actually made of several > > adjacent .TAB files (each .TAB file consists a > > Province) instead of a single > > TAB file. > > > > I'm going to convert those MapInfo files into ESRI > > SHP files. > > > > My question is: > > > > (1) Can MapServer display several adjacent SHP > files > > as a single map, like what > > MapInfo does with those multiple TAB files? > > > > (2) Is it difficult or complex to do the #1 above? > > Is it time-consuming? > > Development time is my concern here, especially > > since I'm not going to display > > every details of the original MapInfo maps --only > > those relevant to public > > information needs. > > > > (3) Will it be better to combine those multiple > > MapInfo TAB files into a single > > large TAB file, and then convert it to SHP file to > > be displayed by MapServer? > > > > Thanks, > > -Kresh > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Don't let your dream ride pass you by. Make it a > reality with Yahoo! Autos. > http://autos.yahoo.com/index.html > > __________________________________________________________________ So be it. If saying "NO" means being alone, then to hell with love, with women, with marriage, with God, religions, bars, nightclubs, computer games, and all the shit life keeps pumping at me. I'll walk alone, but with freedom and a healed pride. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC
