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MapServer User's Manual
Author: Jeff McKennaLast Updated: April 8
th
, 2008Version: 0.1
 
MapServer User's Manual 
Table of Contents
1 Introduction............................................................................................................................................42 Getting Started.......................................................................................................................................42.1 Installing.........................................................................................................................................42.1.1 Windows.................................................................................................................................42.1.2 Unix........................................................................................................................................92.1.3 Mac OS X...............................................................................................................................92.2 Architecture of MapServer...........................................................................................................102.2.1 Supporting Libraries.............................................................................................................113 Preparing Your Data.............................................................................................................................113.1 Supported Formats........................................................................................................................113.1.1 Raster Formats......................................................................................................................123.1.2 Vector Formats......................................................................................................................153.2 The .Map File...............................................................................................................................163.2.1 Important Notes....................................................................................................................173.2.2 Example Objects...................................................................................................................183.2.3 CLASS Expressions.............................................................................................................243.2.4 Mapfile Includes...................................................................................................................243.2.5 Mapfile Creation Tools.........................................................................................................263.3 MapServer Utilities......................................................................................................................273.3.1 legend....................................................................................................................................283.3.2 msencrypt..............................................................................................................................283.3.3 scalebar.................................................................................................................................303.3.4 shp2img................................................................................................................................303.3.5 shptree...................................................................................................................................323.3.6 shptreevis..............................................................................................................................333.3.7 sortshp...................................................................................................................................343.3.8 tile4ms..................................................................................................................................363.4 GDAL/OGR Utilities...................................................................................................................403.4.1 ogrinfo..................................................................................................................................403.4.2 ogr2ogr..................................................................................................................................423.4.3 ogrtindex...............................................................................................................................433.4.4 gdalinfo.................................................................................................................................443.4.5 gdaladdo................................................................................................................................453.4.6 gdaltindex.............................................................................................................................463.4.7 gdal_translate........................................................................................................................473.4.8 gdalwarp...............................................................................................................................483.5 Projections....................................................................................................................................503.5.1 PROJ.4..................................................................................................................................503.5.2 EPSG Codes.........................................................................................................................503.5.3 MapServer and Projections...................................................................................................513.6 Tips and Tricks.............................................................................................................................533.6.1 Rules for Preparing Data for MapServer..............................................................................533.6.2 Labelling...............................................................................................................................54Page 2 of 134
 
MapServer User's Manual 
3.6.3 Displaying Highway Shields................................................................................................573.6.4 Debugging in MapServer......................................................................................................593.6.5 Smooth Line Output (Antialiasing)......................................................................................603.6.6 Color Ramps.........................................................................................................................613.6.7 Charting................................................................................................................................623.7 Factors Affecting Performance.....................................................................................................644 Building a MapServer Application......................................................................................................664.1 Flavors..........................................................................................................................................664.2 Client Software.............................................................................................................................665 Community...........................................................................................................................................665.1 History of MapServer...................................................................................................................665.1.1 The Past................................................................................................................................665.1.2 The Present...........................................................................................................................665.1.3 The Future.............................................................................................................................675.2 Project Steering Committee..........................................................................................................675.3 Contributing..................................................................................................................................685.4 Getting Help.................................................................................................................................695.4.1 Internet Relay Chat (IRC).....................................................................................................695.4.2 Mailing Lists.........................................................................................................................705.4.3 Conferences/Workshops.......................................................................................................715.4.4 OSGeo Foundation...............................................................................................................716 Important Links....................................................................................................................................747 Glossary...............................................................................................................................................758 Credits..................................................................................................................................................769 Appendix..............................................................................................................................................779.1 Mapfile Reference........................................................................................................................779.1.1 CLASS Object......................................................................................................................779.1.2 FEATURE Object.................................................................................................................789.1.3 GRID Object.........................................................................................................................799.1.4 INCLUDE Object.................................................................................................................809.1.5 JOIN Object..........................................................................................................................819.1.6 LABEL Object......................................................................................................................869.1.7 LAYER Object......................................................................................................................879.1.8 LEGEND Object...................................................................................................................929.1.9 MAP Object..........................................................................................................................939.1.10 OUTPUTFORMAT Object.................................................................................................959.1.11 PROJECTION Object.........................................................................................................979.1.12 QUERYMAP Object...........................................................................................................989.1.13 REFERENCE Object..........................................................................................................999.1.14 SCALEBAR Object..........................................................................................................1009.1.15 STYLE Object..................................................................................................................1019.1.16 WEB Object......................................................................................................................1029.2 Googlish Mapfile Example........................................................................................................103Page 3 of 134
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