{"id":705,"date":"2010-02-11T13:27:20","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T12:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sickel.net\/blogg\/?p=705"},"modified":"2011-04-18T19:54:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T17:54:41","slug":"hiding-the-map-parameter-from-a-map-server-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sickel.net\/blogg\/?p=705","title":{"rendered":"Hiding the map= parameter from a map server application"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 use under windows, but that did not work, so apaches mod_rewrite to the rescue in four small steps:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. make sure the mod_rewrite is enabled in httpd.conf. Usually it is commented out by default, if necessary remove the comment sign.\n<\/li>\n
  2. Enable mod_rewrite for the actual document root. I am using virtual servers and added the following lines in the actual <VirtualHost > section:\n

    <Directory “c:\\documents and settings\\vserver\\radioecology”>
    \n\t\tOptions FollowSymLinks
    \n\t\tAllowOverride All
    \n<\/Directory>\n<\/li>\n

  3. Restart apache\n<\/li>\n
  4. make a .htaccess file in the actual directory:
    \n

    RewriteEngine on
    \nRewriteRule ^wmsmap?(.*) \/cgi-bin\/mapserv.exe?map=\/documents+and+settings\/vserver\/radioecology\/mobilweb\/mobilwms.map&$1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    (Everything following RewriteRule must be on one line. in this case, the map file I want to pull in is “\/documents+and+settings\/vserver\/radioecology\/mobilweb\/mobilwms.map” adjust as needed for your application.)<\/p>\n

    The rewriteRule says: given a webpage starting with wmsmap, pick out the query parameters, make a new page request starting with \/cgi-bin\/mapserv.exe?map=(…)? and add on whatever was the query parameter in the original page request. Quite simple when one just knows how to do it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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