On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:41:41 -0700 Mike Toews <mwto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 16 August 2010 15:39, Peter <web...@pl.net> wrote: > > - open a http socket to a CGI eg > > Opps, my bad. MapServer operates in two modes: CGI and MapScript. It > looks like you want to go into MapScript mode for your application. > Available in almost all of the P languages: PHP, Perl and Python. > > #!/usr/bin/python > import mapscript > map = mapscript.mapObj("/home/mapdata/mymap.map") > img = map.draw() > img.save("/home/mapdata/mymap.png") > > Again, the MAP file is required, but you can probably template that > somehow and use it in a temporary file for your script. > Just to round out this suggestion, mapserver comes with an executble "shp2img" which does, I believe, exactly what the OP wants. You do indeed need the MAP file, (which can be made with QGIS, as someone mentioned) then you just run shp2img -m <your *.map> -o <your image.png> Should be a "piece of cake". No books required ;-) -- Micha > -Mike > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > This mail was received via Mail-SeCure System. > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss