MapServer 5.6.5 Documentation

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An Introduction to MapServer	Installation	Mapfile
MapScript	Data Input	Output Generation
OGC Support and Configuration	Optimization	Utilities
Development	Glossary	Errors
Index	About	Community Activities

• About
• An Introduction to MapServer
  • MapServer Overview
  • Anatomy of a MapServer Application
  • Installation and Requirements
  • Introduction to the Mapfile
  • Making the Site Your Own
  • Enhancing your site
  • How do I get Help?
• MapServer Tutorial
  • Tutorial Timeframe
  • Tutorial Data
  • Before Using the Tutorial
  • Windows, UNIX/Linux Issues
  • Other Resources
  • Section 1: Static Maps and the MapFile
  • Section 2: CGI variables and the User Interface
  • Section 3: Query and more HTML Templates
  • Section 4: Advanced User Interfaces
• Installation
  • Compiling on Unix
  • Compiling on Win32
  • PHP MapScript Installation
  • .NET MapScript Compilation
  • IIS Setup for MapServer
  • Oracle Installation
• Mapfile
  • Cartographic Symbol Construction with MapServer
  • CLASS
  • Display of International Characters in MapServer
  • Expressions
  • FEATURE
  • FONTSET
  • INCLUDE
  • GRID
  • JOIN
  • LABEL
  • LAYER
  • LEGEND
  • MAP
  • OUTPUTFORMAT
  • PROJECTION
  • QUERYMAP
  • REFERENCE
  • SCALEBAR
  • STYLE
  • SYMBOL
  • Symbology Examples
  • Templating
  • Variable Substitution
  • WEB
  • Notes
• MapScript
  • Introduction
  • SWIG MapScript API Reference
  • PHP MapScript
  • Python MapScript Appendix
  • Python MapScript Image Generation
  • Mapfile Manipulation
  • Querying
  • MapScript Variables
• Data Input
  • Vector Data
  • Raster Data
• Output Generation
  • AGG Rendering Specifics
  • AntiAliasing with MapServer
  • Dynamic Charting
  • Flash Output
  • HTML Legends with MapServer
  • HTML Imagemaps
  • PDF Output
  • SVG
  • Tile Mode
• OGC Support and Configuration
  • WMS Server
  • WMS Client
  • WMS Time
  • Map Context
  • WFS Server
  • WFS Client
  • WFS Filter Encoding
  • SLD
  • WCS Server
  • WCS Use Cases
  • SOS Server
  • MapScript Wrappers for WxS Services
• Optimization
  • Debugging MapServer
  • FastCGI
  • Mapfile
  • Raster
  • Tile Indexes
  • Vector
• Utilities
  • legend
  • msencrypt
  • scalebar
  • shp2img
  • shptree
  • shptreevis
  • sortshp
  • sym2img
  • tile4ms
  • Batch Scripting
  • File Management
• CGI
  • MapServer CGI Introduction
  • mapserv
  • Map Context Files
  • MapServer CGI Controls
  • Run-time Substitution
  • A Simple CGI Wrapper Script
• Community Activities
  • IRC
  • Mailing Lists
  • MapServer Wiki Pages
  • MapServer Service Providers
• Development
  • Sponsors
  • Bug Submission
  • Subversion
  • Documentation Development Guide
  • Testing
  • Request for Comments
  • Mapfile Editing
  • External Links
• Download
  • Source
  • Documentation
  • Binaries
  • Demo Application
• Glossary
• Errors
  • drawEPP(): EPPL7 support is not available
  • loadMapInternal(): Given map extent is invalid
  • msSaveImageGD(): Unable to access file
  • msLoadMap(): Failed to open map file
  • msQueryByPoint: search returned no results
  • msLoadFontset(): Error opening fontset
  • msGetLabelSize(): Requested font not found
  • loadLayer(): Unknown identifier. Maximum number of classes reached
  • msReturnPage(): Web application error. Malformed template name
  • Unable to load dll (MapScript)
  • msProcessProjection(): Projection library error.major axis or radius = 0 not given
  • msProcessProjection(): no options found in ‘init’ file
  • msProcessProjection(): No such file or directory
  • msQueryByPoint: search returned no results
• FAQ
  • Where is the MapServer log file?
  • What books are available about MapServer?
  • How do I compile MapServer for Windows?
  • What do MapServer version numbers mean?
  • Is MapServer Thread-safe?
  • What does STATUS mean in a LAYER?
  • How can I make my maps run faster?
  • What does Polyline mean in MapServer?
  • What is MapScript?
  • Does MapServer support reverse geocoding?
  • Does MapServer support geocoding?
  • How do I set line width in my maps?
  • Why do my JPEG input images look crappy via MapServer?
  • Which image format should I use?
  • Why doesn’t PIL (Python Imaging Library) open my PNGs?
  • Why do my symbols look poor in JPEG output?
  • How do I add a copyright notice on the corner of my map?
  • How do I have a polygon that has both a fill and an outline with a width?
  • How can I create simple antialiased line features?
  • Which OGC Specifications does MapServer support?
  • Why does my requested WMS layer not align correctly?
  • When I do a GetCapabilities, why does my browser want to download mapserv.exe/mapserv?
  • Why do my WMS GetMap requests return exception using MapServer 5.0?
  • Where do I find my EPSG code?
  • How can I reproject my data using ogr2ogr?
  • What’s with MapServer’s logo?
• License
• Credits