Hi Tim,
I would recommend the Mapserver Tutorial
http://www.mapserver.org/tutorial/
I think this will work you through all the basics of getting started
including build simple examples.
Start with a simple trivial example so you can verify that your system
is installed correctly and working. If you have not done this then
trying more complex stuff will just be confusing and miss-leading.
-Steve W
On 7/31/2014 4:01 PM, Tim Nasman wrote:
Hello Mapserver Community,
I am still trying to grasp the concepts of GIS on a whole and I have a
few preliminary questions that I could use a little more detail about
Mapserver. Currently I am getting a msLoadMap(): Unable to access fille
error with mapserv reading my mapfile within my IIS server even though I
have the security setup correctly on my IIS.
I am running Mapserver as a WMS with:
IIS 8.5: Windows Server 2012 R2 64 bit
Mapserver: 6.0.3
MS4W: 3.0.6
I also think I am still confused about WMS as a whole. From my
understanding you have
SHAPEPATH-this seems to draw your vector data from shapefiles stored on
the server.
IMAGEPATH- the URL where the temporary image file is created from the
shapefiles
IMAGEURL- Base URL for IMAGEPATH
I think as far as the WMS METADATA is where I get a tad confused. Is all
the metadata just information being read from another WMS/database and
then projected onto the map?
WMS_title is the name of the server I am pulling the info from
wms_onlineresource is the url where the map is
wms_srs is the projection of the map
so from what I understand you project these layers form your browser. So
when you project these layers do you also project the shapefiles over
these layers from the Shapepath as well?
I know the goal of our Mapserver is to receive data from POSTGIS
databases and Microsoft SQL databases and then potentially NOSQL down
the road. I think I may be getting hung up on these test mapfiles but I
figured getting these local files should be the first step in
understanding Mapserver as a whole.
Thank you,
Tim
--
Timothy Nasman
Data Analyst | Programmer
Rolling Leaf Inc.
[V] : 910.274.1436 <tel:910.274.1436>
[E] : [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
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