On Oct 4, 2012, at 10:56 PM, Fabio Brolese <fabiobrolese-fo...@yahoo.it> wrote:
> Trying using shapefile as base layer I didn't find where to put my shapefile > and to let them seen by MapServer. The examples say me to set the map file > correctly but not where to save the shp files how to say to MapServer where > thay are. Is there a directive in the main map file where to set the location > of shp files like I set the log file path and etc. > > http://mapserver.org/mapfile/map.html MAP SHAPEPATH [filename] Path to the directory holding the shapefiles or tiles. There can be further subdirectories under SHAPEPATH. http://mapserver.org/mapfile/layer.html LAYER DATA [filename]|[sde parameters][postgis table/column][oracle table/column] Full filename of the spatial data to process. No file extension is necessary for shapefiles. Can be specified relative to the SHAPEPATH option from the Map Object. > > > > > >> ________________________________ >> Da: Cristiano Sumariva <sumar...@gmail.com> >> A: Fabio Brolese <fabiobrolese-fo...@yahoo.it> >> Inviato: Martedì 2 Ottobre 2012 13:14 >> Oggetto: Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer and shapefile >> >> >> If your map vector is not huge, and processing time is not a problem - >> something greater then a few seconds for a tile - you can use a WMS layer as >> base. >> Just add isBaseLayer true to parameter options on layer. >> This should be minimal to change. >> At my sites I did not note WMS overhead on requests. >> You should know that OpenLayers is greed and will issue several concurrent >> requests to server. Processing spikes will happen. >> >> >> For larger sets you maybe at the need of some cache stuff. >> Consider using one in a programming language you know in case you need do >> maintenance in source code. >> Or if confortable with some, create your particular simple cache maybe an >> option. >> >> >> 2012/10/2 Fabio Brolese <fabiobrolese-fo...@yahoo.it> >> >> Yes, sorry, I was talking about OpenLayers. >>> I understood and is like I did with all the layers I set pointing on >>> PostGIS. I have also a "base layer" set as OpenLayers.Layer.TMS that load >>> image tiles to show the city map. What we want to do is to change the base >>> layer to read the city map from shapfile instead of reading image tiles. >>> >>> >>> Do you know if there is a way to do what we want or do I have to reconsider >>> my structure and consider and use it as OpenLayers.Layer.WMS? >>> >>> >>> Fabio >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> Da: Rahkonen Jukka <jukka.rahko...@mmmtike.fi> >>>> A: "mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org" <mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org> >>>> Inviato: Martedì 2 Ottobre 2012 9:05 >>>> Oggetto: Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer and shapefile >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Because you talk about base layer I think that you are perhaps going to >>>> show your map in OpenLayers. If that is the case then the answer is yes >>>> and this OpenLayers example shows how it can be done. >>>> http://dev.openlayers.org/releases/OpenLayers-2.12/examples/wms-untiled.html >>>> On the Mapserver side you must configure a WMS layer that is using >>>> shapefile as > input data. >>>> http://www.mapserver.org/ogc/wms_server.html >>>> >>>> >>>> -Jukka Rahkonen- >>>> ________________________________ >>>> Fabio Brolese wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello everybody, >>>>> after a long search on Google I'm here to ask you if it's possible to use >>>>> a shapefile as base layer. >>>>> Everything I found was on exporting to shapefile or drawing objects from >>>>> shapefile but nothing saying that I can >use it as base layer. >>>> >>>> Can anyone help me? >>>> >>>> TIA >>>> >>>> Fabio >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> mapserver-users mailing list >>>> mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mapserver-users mailing list >>> mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >>> >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
