Configuring the Mapfile - Revision history

Stuarteve: /* Example Mapfile */

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‎Example Mapfile

Stuarteve: /* Sample WFS Layer (in ark_wfs.map) */

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‎Sample WFS Layer (in ark_wfs.map)

Stuarteve: /* Sample WFS Layer (in ark_wfs.map) */

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‎Sample WFS Layer (in ark_wfs.map)

Stuarteve: /* Sample WMS Layer */

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‎Sample WMS Layer

Stuarteve: /* Header */

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‎Header

Stuarteve: /* Example Mapfile */

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‎Example Mapfile

Stuarteve: /* Header */

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‎Header

Stuarteve: /* Header */

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‎Header

Stuarteve: /* Header */

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‎Header

Stuarteve: /* Header */

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‎Header

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	Some things to take care with are the directory locations - as you will need to make sure these match your file structure (especially if you are using *nix).		Some things to take care with are the directory locations - as you will need to make sure these match your file structure (especially if you are using *nix).
		+
		+	There are additional comments on the examples below (prefixed with ####).

	====Header====		====Header====

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    DUMP TRUE
    METADATA
-	"wfs_title" "Context Schematic"
+    "wfs_title" "Context Schematic"
-	"gml_featureid" "ark_id"  #### Make sure these are here - else your results won't be served
+    "gml_featureid" "ark_id"  #### Make sure these are here - else your results won't be served
-	"gml_include_items" "all"  #### Make sure these are here - else your results won't be served
+    "gml_include_items" "all"  #### Make sure these are here - else your results won't be served
    END
    CLASS

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	====Sample WFS Layer (in ark_wfs.map)====		====Sample WFS Layer (in ark_wfs.map)====
		+
		+	LAYER
		+	CONNECTION "C:/ms4w/Apache/htdocs/tutorial_ark/data/mapping/cxt_schm.shp"
		+	CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
		+	GROUP "cxt"
		+	NAME cxt_schm #### VERY IMPORTANT that this name starts with the three letter mod and an underscore (cxt_)
		+	STATUS DEFAULT
		+	TEMPLATE "/srv/www/htdocs/tutorial_ark/mapserver/templates/dummy_template.html"
		+	TYPE POLYGON
		+	UNITS METERS
		+	DUMP TRUE
		+	METADATA
		+	"wfs_title" "Context Schematic"
		+	"gml_featureid" "ark_id" #### Make sure these are here - else your results won't be served
		+	"gml_include_items" "all" #### Make sure these are here - else your results won't be served
		+	END
		+	CLASS
		+	NAME ""
		+	STYLE
		+	ANGLE 360
		+	COLOR 0 45 60
		+	OPACITY 40
		+	OUTLINECOLOR 0 45 60
		+	SYMBOL 0
		+	END
		+	END
		+	END

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+    #
-====Sample WMS Layer====
+====Sample WMS Layer (in ark_wms.map)====
     LAYER
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      END
    END

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	END		END
	#		#
		+
		+	====Sample WMS Layer====
		+
		+	LAYER
		+	NAME "contexts"
		+	CONNECTION "C:/ms4w/Apache/htdocs/tutorial_ark/data/mapping/cxt_schm.shp"
		+	CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
		+	TEMPLATE "C:/ms4w/Apache/htdocs/tutorial_ark/mapserver/templates/dummy_template.html"
		+	GROUP "cor"
		+	METADATA
		+	"lyrname" "Contexts"
		+	"grpname" "Contexts"
		+	END
		+	SIZEUNITS PIXELS
		+	STATUS ON
		+	TOLERANCEUNITS PIXELS
		+	OFFSITE 0 0 0
		+	TRANSPARENCY 65
		+	TYPE POLYGON
		+	UNITS METERS
		+	LABELITEM "ark_id"
		+	CLASS
		+	NAME "Contexts"
		+	TEXT (Context:[ark_id])
		+	LABEL
		+	ANGLE auto
		+	ANTIALIAS FALSE
		+	BACKGROUNDCOLOR 60 200 219
		+	#BUFFER 5
		+	COLOR 0 45 60
		+	FONT arial
		+	FORCE FALSE
		+	MINDISTANCE 10
		+	MINFEATURESIZE 30
		+	PARTIALS FALSE
		+	SIZE 8
		+	TYPE TRUETYPE
		+	END
		+	STYLE
		+	COLOR 10 150 169
		+	OUTLINECOLOR 5 98 115
		+	END
		+	END
		+	END

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	The files themselves should be reasonably self-explanatory if you have used Mapserver before.		The files themselves should be reasonably self-explanatory if you have used Mapserver before.
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		+	Some things to take care with are the directory locations - as you will need to make sure these match your file structure (especially if you are using *nix).

	====Header====		====Header====

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      NAME "ARK WMS Map"
      IMAGETYPE      PNG24
-     EXTENT 533866 180940 533963 181000
+     EXTENT 533866 180940 533963 181000 ####Make sure this is valid
      SIZE           600 400
-     SHAPEPATH      "C:/ms4w/Apache/htdocs/tutorial_ark/data/mapping/"
+     SHAPEPATH      "C:/ms4w/Apache/htdocs/tutorial_ark/data/mapping/" ####Path to the shapefiles on the server
-     IMAGECOLOR     250 250 250
+     IMAGECOLOR     250 250 250 #### Background colour
-     FONTSET        "C:/ms4w/Apache/htdocs/tutorial_ark/mapserver/fonts/fonts.list"
+     FONTSET        "C:/ms4w/Apache/htdocs/tutorial_ark/mapserver/fonts/fonts.list" #### change this to match the location on your server
-     SYMBOLSET      "C:/ms4w/Apache/htdocs/tutorial_ark/mapserver/symbols/symbols35.sym"
+     SYMBOLSET      "C:/ms4w/Apache/htdocs/tutorial_ark/mapserver/symbols/symbols35.sym"  #### change this to match the location on your server
      DEBUG ON
      WEB
        METADATA
-       "wms_name"			"ARK WMS"
+       "wms_name"	"ARK WMS"
-       "wms_title"			"ARK WMS"
+       "wms_title"	"ARK WMS"
-       "wms_onlineresource"	"http://www.lparchaeology.com/prescot/ark/php/map/ark_wxs_server.php"
+       "wms_onlineresource"	"http://www.lparchaeology.com/prescot/ark/php/map/ark_wxs_server.php" #### change this your online address
-       "wms_srs"			"EPSG:27700"
+       "wms_srs"  "EPSG:27700" #### This is default to British National Grid - you may want to change to "EPSG:4326" (LatLongs)
        "wms_feature_info_mime_type" "text/html"
        "wms_server_version" "1.1.1"
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     #  Basic initial projection should be in ETRS89 / ETRS-LCC
     #  This projection will also be dynamically set by the PHP
-        "init=epsg:27700"
+        "init=epsg:27700"  #### Make sure this matches the wms_srs set above
+    #
     END
+    #

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      SYMBOLSET      "C:/ms4w/Apache/htdocs/tutorial_ark/mapserver/symbols/symbols35.sym"
      DEBUG ON
      WEB
        METADATA
 	"wms_name"			"ARK WMS"
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 	"wms_server_version" "1.1.1"
        END
        IMAGEPATH 'C:/ms4w/Apache/htdocs/tutorial_ark/mapserver/tmp/'
        IMAGEURL '/mapserver/tmp/'
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        MINSCALE 500
        LOG '/srv/www/htdocs/fasti/mapserver/mapfiles/ms_log.txt'
     END
     OUTPUTFORMAT
        NAME "png"
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        IMAGEMODE "RGB"
     END
     PROJECTION
     #  Basic initial projection should be in ETRS89 / ETRS-LCC