Hi Paul, This this do what you needed?
Thanks, Roger -- On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Roger André <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > This ought to get you started. The "florida.map" is the project mapfile > and looks for the "coastline.map", "lakes.map", and "islands.map" mapfiles > for each of the separate layers. You should just need to change the path in > each of the DATA lines to point at your shapefiles. Attached is the image > this generates, as well as the mapfiles. You'll have to tweak the colors > yourself. > > Roger > -- > > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 8:47 PM, P.Romero <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ok, Ive attached the image… >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Roger André [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* 2009-01-03 10:28 PM >> *To:* P.Romero >> >> *Subject:* Re: [mapserver-users] Need help selecting vector data source >> >> >> >> Hi Paul, >> >> The image of what you want this to look like didn't come through to the >> list. Can you send it to me directly? I'll work up a mapfile that will >> look like it for you. >> >> Roger >> -- >> >> On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 8:16 PM, P.Romero <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Roger, >> >> Thanks for the advice, I downloaded the 1.6 version. >> >> Another question: I cant seem to find a way to "merge" the two layers: >> "land" and "lakes", since their each from a separate shapefile, and are on a >> separate layer. Is it even possible to merge the layers? Here's my map file: >> >> >> >> MAP >> >> NAME "dd" >> >> UNITS DD >> >> EXTENT -90 20 -60 35 >> >> SIZE 600 600 >> >> SHAPEPATH "/data/apps/mapserver/shp" >> >> IMAGECOLOR 130 180 200 >> >> WEB >> >> IMAGEPATH /var/www/html/images/mapserver >> >> IMAGEURL /images/mapserver >> >> LOG /var/log/maplog >> >> END >> >> LAYER >> >> NAME "gshhs_land" >> >> TYPE POLYGON >> >> STATUS ON >> >> DATA "gshhs_land.shp" >> >> CLASS >> >> STYLE >> >> COLOR 240 240 230 >> >> OUTLINECOLOR 240 240 230 >> >> END >> >> END >> >> END >> >> END >> >> LAYER >> >> NAME "gshhs_lake" >> >> TYPE POLYGON >> >> STATUS ON >> >> DATA "gshhs_lake.shp" >> >> CLASS >> >> STYLE >> >> COLOR 130 180 200 >> >> END >> >> END >> >> END >> >> END >> >> >> >> The first layer seems to simply overlap and cover the second layer. >> Im not sure how to set the transparency of a layer (I read through the >> documentation, but it wasn't very clear). >> >> Basically, I want land a beige color, and oceans (background) and bodies >> of water (polygons from the "lakes" shapefile) to be a blue color. >> >> >> >> What should I do? Do this require something drastic, like merging the land >> & lakes shapefiles, or something like this? >> >> Please help, >> >> Thanks, >> >> P.Romero >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Roger André [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* 2009-01-03 8:43 PM >> *To:* Pablo Romero >> *Cc:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [mapserver-users] Need help selecting vector data source >> >> >> >> Version 1.6 of the gshhs shapefiles are polygon features. You can find >> them at ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/GIS/GISData/GSHHS/ >> -- >> >> On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Pablo Romero <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> hello, >> I need help selecting a datasource to produce the following: a basic, >> high-resolution land map, showing ONLY coastlines and bodies of water. >> basically, Im trying to emulate a type of image tiling that I found on >> another site, which I believe is also being produced using mapserver, but Im >> unsure about which data source/shapefile is being used. >> >> Ive ATTACHED the image. >> You can see that image includes a high-resolution map of the florida >> coast, including interior bodies of water. >> >> Ive tried using the "admin98.shp" and "world_vector_shorelines.shp" in >> order to recreate these results, but these two shapefiles dont include >> interior bodies of water (lakes, ponds, etc.). Ive ALSO tried using the >> gshhs shapefiles (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/gshhs.html), >> and these *seem* like they might work, but they are broken up into separate >> shapefiles for coastal outline, lakes, ponds, etc., and these shapefiles are >> IN LINES instead of POLYGONS/POLYLINES, so I cannot figure out how to "fill" >> the space between "lines" with a different color in order to make the >> landmasses and interior bodies of water "stand out". >> >> So, simply put, my question is: can someone please help me figure out / >> recommend which data source I should use in order to produce output similiar >> to the image Ive attached? just high-resolution coastal outline and interior >> bodies of water IN decimal degrees (WGS1984?), please help.... >> >> P.Romero >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> It's the same Hotmail(R). If by "same" you mean up to 70% faster. 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