Hi Tim, Regarding the msLoadMap error, I would:
- try to make sure you can generate a valid map image from your mapfile using the shp2img commandline tool (included in MS4W)
- then once you have a map image, then try to call mapserv.exe in a browser with &MODE=browse&TEMPLATE=openlayers
- then if no errors you can configure your mapfile to serve WMS and execute a GetCapabilities request in a browser.
-jeff -- Jeff McKenna MapServer Consulting and Training Services http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ On 2014-07-31 5:01 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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