Thanks Jeff and Robert, I'll check on those add-ons. My driving reason in turning this into a WMS is so I can test out OpenLayers.
Thanks again for the responses, Matt On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Jeff McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt, > > Since you are using MS4W you might also want to check out the following ms4w > add-on packages: > > 1) MapServer OGC Web Services Workshop > 2) GMap75 PHP/MapScript Sample Application (the localhost page shows locally > served WMS URLs) > > --jeff > > > > --- > Jeff McKenna > FOSS4G Consulting and Training Services > http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ > > > > On 4-Jun-08, at 8:55 AM, Matthew Pettis wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to test ms4w as a WMS for use with OpenLayers. Went >> through the tutorial at: >> >> >> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/wms_server/#setup-a-mapfile-for-your-wms >> >> I created a simple mapfile according to the specs (I think). It is >> after the '===========' delimiter. I called it with the following >> url: >> >> >> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=C:\ms4w\Apache\htdocs\tmp\map.map&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetCapabilities >> >> and it asked me to download the mapserv.exe application. Not what i >> expect. I'm pretty sure everything else is in order, because when I >> call: >> >> >> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=C:\ms4w\Apache\htdocs\tmp\map.map&mode=map >> >> I get the expected map in my browser. >> >> Any ideas what is wrong or how I am screwing up the incantation? >> >> Thanks, >> Matt >> >> =========== >> MAP >> >> ################ >> # Map attributes >> ################ >> IMAGETYPE PNG >> EXTENT 184056.505 4809728.25 767381.245 5478975.75 >> SIZE 660 495 >> IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255 >> FONTSET "C:/ms4w/Apache/htdocs/fonts/fonts.list" >> >> PROJECTION >> "init=epsg:26915" >> END >> >> #################### >> # Web settings >> #################### >> WEB >> IMAGEPATH "C:/ms4w/Apache/htdocs/tmp/" >> IMAGEURL "/tmp/" >> METADATA >> "wms_title" "WMS Demo Server" >> "wms_onlineresource" "http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?"; >> END >> END >> >> #################### >> # State >> # Background shows through missing precincts to show where no >> votes will be coming from >> #################### >> LAYER >> NAME "state" >> METADATA >> "wms_title" "state" >> END >> CONNECTIONTYPE postgis >> CONNECTION "user=postgres dbname=gisvote password=postgres" >> DATA "the_geom from shp_state" >> STATUS default >> TYPE polygon >> >> CLASS >> NAME "state" >> COLOR 200 200 200 >> END >> >> END # Layer state >> >> END >> _______________________________________________ >> mapserver-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > -- It is from the wellspring of our despair and the places that we are broken that we come to repair the world. -- Murray Waas _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
