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mapserver removed on debian

Posted on 18.09.11 by Morten

Edit: By now (october 2011) the dependencies are fixed and mapserver can again be installed through a normal apt-get install cgi-mapserver and it will survive upgrades. During a dist-upgrade on my wheezy/sid debian system, cgi-mapserver turned out to be removed. … Continue reading →

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Convert vmap0 layers into shapefiles

Posted on 17.02.10 by Morten

The vmap0 dataset is a slightly dated, but anyhow often usable dataset of maps of all of the world in scale 1:1 000 000. It can be downloaded at e.g. mapability.com. The problem shows up as soon as one tries to use … Continue reading →

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Hiding the map= parameter from a map server application

Posted on 11.02.10 by Morten

In the mapserver documentation, one is told to use a cgi-wrapper script to hide the map= parameter. Then there is shown a script to use on ‘any system having a /bin/sh’ I tried to rewrite that as a php-script to … Continue reading →

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Setting up a mysql database for spatial data

Posted on 29.01.10 by Morten

I would prefer to use postgis, but have to resign to mysql. I want to create a table with spatial information and be able to access it from mapserver. As I am going to store a lot of datapoints, they … Continue reading →

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Query a layer in mapscript php

Posted on 28.01.10 by Morten

When learning to use mapserver and mapscript, the first steps have been to display, zoom and pan. Zooming and panning is quite easy, it is just a line like $map->zoompoint($zoomfactor,$clickpoint,$map->width,$map->height,$mapextent); where $map is a mapboject, $zoomfactor is a number telling … Continue reading →

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Selection from a mysql/ogr layer in php mapscript

Posted on 27.01.10 by Morten

A little phpsnippet for filtering out items from a layer. I have a layer “mobil” which may be on or off. This layer consists of a number of dataset collected at various times. There is one field ‘visible’ that is … Continue reading →

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