Warn: shameless plug ahead I have released this tool on sourceforce that can help you in converting .axl files to .map files:
http://msconsole.sourceforge.net/ HTH, Umberto On Feb 11, 2008 10:27 PM, Pearson, Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, Michael. The plan is to install MapServer on a new box and port an > existing application. I have installed MS on a server and want to translate > the existing AXL file to *.map and reuse the shape files. If this worked > well, I might be able to convince the GIS group to switch over. Are there > good open source tools that are comparable to IMS? For example, what would > you use to create shape files? > > > > It looks like displaying maps on the web is rather complicated and will be a > steep learning curve for me. And I only have a couple of months to put > something together. To get started, I may get the book "Web Mapping > Illustrated". Am I in over my head? > > > > Greg > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Smith, Michael > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:50 PM > To: MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU > Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] ArcIMS migration > > > > > > I recently had to install ArcIMS alongside MapServer (well the other way > around actually), using MS4W. The trick was really to get ArcIMS running on > the Apache 2.2.4 and Tomcat 5.5.25. My notes are included below. > > > > Please note that if you do this ESRI will NOT support your ArcIMS. The > supported environment for ArcIMS 9.2 is Apache 2.0.58 and Tomcat 5.5.17. > > > > Another avenue to try (I did this but did not implement) is installing MS4W, > but don't run Apache. Instead configure IIS to look for MapServer. In this > situation you could co-host ArcIMS on IIS and Tomcat 5.5.17 with MS4W. > > > > As for migrating applications you will likely have to rewrite them for MS. > > ********** > Michael Smith > Maine Office of GIS > > > > Procedure for installing MS4W MapServer alongside IMS 9.2 > > Background: MS4W runs on a bundled Apache distribution (2.2.4), while IMS > can run on either IIS or Apache (2.0.58 is the supported version). Tomcat > also requires Tomcat servlet engine (5.5.17 is the supported version). The > trick here is that the newest version of Tomcat (5.5.25) should be used with > Apache 2.2.4, thus they (and IMS) must be configured to use the newest > versions of both. > > 1) Unzip the MS4W 2.2.6 distribution to c:\ms4w. Run the install script. > Verify the install by opening the default MapServer web page with > > http://<hostname> > > 2) Download and install Java 2 SDK 1.5.6 to c:\j2sdk156. Install the J2RE to > c:\jre156. > > 3) Install Tomcat 5.5.25 to c:\tomcat5525, do a 'full' install, set the > password, path to JRE should be c:\j2sdk156. IMPORTANT - at this point you > will need to update the tcnative-1.dll that is bundled. It has a bug and > needs to be replaced with a newer version. Download version 1.1.19 from > http://tomcat.heanet.ie/native/ and copy it into c:\tomcat5525\bin, > overwriting the existing one. Tomcat service will need to be stopped while > you copy the file. > > 4) Create system environment variables (or replace existing ones): > > JAVA_HOME = c:\j2sdk156 > > CATALINA_HOME = c:\tomcat5525 > > PATH = (append this to the PATH) ;%JAVA_HOME%\bin > > 5) Download the JK 1.2.26 connector file for Tomcat 5.5.25 and Apache 2.2.4 > (should be mod_jk-1.2.26-httpd-2.2.4.so) and save it as > c:\ms4w\apache\modules\mod_jk.so). > > 6) Create this file c:\tomcat5525\conf\mod_jk.conf: > > JkWorkersFile "C:\ms4w\Apache\conf\workers.properties" > JkLogFile "C:\Tomcat5525\logs\mod_jk.log" > JkLogLevel all > <VirtualHost * > > ServerName <your hostname> > JkMount /servlet ajp13 > JkMount /servlet/* ajp13 > JkMount /esriadmin ajp13 > JkMount /esriadmin/* ajp13 > JkMount /examples ajp13 > JkMount /examples/* ajp13 > JkMount /webdav ajp13 > JkMount /webdav/* ajp13 > JkMount /tomcat-docs ajp13 > JkMount /tomcat-docs/* ajp13 > JkMount /manager ajp13 > JkMount /manager/* ajp13 > JkMount /servlets-examples ajp13 > JkMount /servlets-examples/* ajp13 > </VirtualHost> > > 7) Create this file c:\ms4w\apache\conf\workers.properties: > > #-------LOAD BALANCER > worker.loadbalancer.type=lb > worker.loadbalancer.balance_workers=ajp13 > #You should configure your environment slash...ps=\on NT and / on UNIX > #and may be different elsewhere. > # > ps=\ > #-------DEFAULT worker list------ > #The worker that your plugins should create and work with > # > worker.list=ajp13 > #----DEFAULT ajp13 WORKER DEFINITION----- > # > #Defining a worker named ajp13 and of type ajp13 > #Note that the name and the type do not have to match. > # > worker.ajp13.port=8009 > worker.ajp13.host=dep-eia1pcgis1 > worker.ajp13.connection_pool_size=10 > worker.ajp13.connection_pool_timeout=600 > worker.ajp13.socket_keepalive=False > # > #*****End worker.properties***** > > > > 8) Modify the c:\ms4w\apache\conf\httpd.conf file, find the line: > > #LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so > > and add this module after it: > > LoadModule jk_module modules/mod_jk.so > > then add this line at the end of the file: > > include "c:/tomcat5525/conf/mod_jk.conf" > > 9) Verify the Apache/Tomcat install with this: > > Restart Apache and Tomcat > > http://<hostname>/servlets-examples/servlet/HelloWorldExample > > (should return a "Hello World" message) > > 10) Install ArcIMS > > Install the components you want > > Install to c:\ArcIMS > > 11) ArcIMS post-install - under the web server-servlet section, choose > Apache/Tomcat, and specify the Apache (c:\ms4w\apache) and Tomcat > (c:\tomcat5525) folders. Be sure to specify the JRE as c:\j2sdk156. Check > the box to use the system JRE for Author, Designer, and Administrator. Open > the httpd.conf file and remove the JkMount commands at the end of it. > > 12) Install SP4 for ArcIMS 9.2 - Reboot - After reboot, run ArcIMS > Diagnostics
