#! /usr/bin/python

# mimic the Mapnik 'hello world' at 
# http://trac.mapnik.org/wiki/GettingStarted
# based on example in Web Mapping Illustrated

import mapscript

# create a base mapfile
map = mapscript.mapObj()
map.selectOutputFormat("AGGPNG24")
map.name = "CustomMap"
map.setSize(1000, 500)
#map.setExtent(-180.0, -90.0, 180.0, 90.0)
map.setExtent(-22, -36, 60, 38)
map.imagecolor.setRGB(70,130,180)
map.units = mapscript.MS_DD

# set Web image params
map.web.imagepath = "/var/www/tmp/"
map.web.imageurl = "/tmp"

# create layer object
layer = mapscript.layerObj(map)
layer.name = "countries"
#layer.type = mapscript.MS_LAYER_LINE
layer.type = mapscript.MS_LAYER_POLYGON
layer.status = mapscript.MS_DEFAULT
layer.data = "/home/randre/gis_data/unep/unep_coastlines.shp"
layer.template = "template.html"

# create a class
class1 = mapscript.classObj(layer)
class1.name = "Countries"

# create a style
style = mapscript.styleObj(class1)
style.outlinecolor.setRGB(125,125,125)
style.width = 1 
style.color.setRGB(240,240,240)
#style.antialias = mapscript.MS_TRUE

# write the map object into a map file
#map.save("custom.map")

# write out an image using these params
mapimage = map.draw()
mapimage.save("ms_world.png")