Within the MAP section there are various settings described below. A typical example would be:
MAP SIZE 580 400 EXTENT 450029 519061 450708 519536 FONTSET "d:/mapserver/cgi-bin/shared/fonts/fonts.list" SYMBOLSET "d:/mapserver/cgi-bin/shared/symbols/symbols.sym" SHAPEPATH "D:\Maps\ShapeFiles" DEBUG ON UNITS METERS RESOLUTION 72 IMAGETYPE PNG
Element | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
SIZE | This is the default output size width height for any map images created. Useful when debugging (detailed later) but iShare overrides this when running | 580 400 |
EXTENT | Default extent x1,y1,x2,y2 for the map. Useful when debugging. | 450029 519061 450708 519536 |
FONTSET | Defines a list of fonts that are used by MapServer for things such as labels. This is installed as standard and normally doesn’t need changing. | d:/mapserver/cgi-bin/shared/fonts/fonts.list |
SYMBOLSET | Defines a list of symbols that are used by MapServer for icons, line and polygon styles etc.This is installed as standard and you may wish to add your own symbols – please see section on symbols. | d:/mapserver/cgi-bin/shared/symbols/symbols.sym |
SHAPEPATH | Defines the ROOT where your maps are located. We normally suggest this being on local drive of the web server for speed and resilience. Layers can then be referenced through partial layer paths. | D:\Maps\astun\sample |
DEBUG | Whether to debug output to the log files (located in the temp folder) – once you are confident with your MAP file then this can be turned off in production. | ON or OFF |
IMAGETYPE | We normally use PNG but you can use JPEG, GIF. | PNG |
UNITS | We normally use METERS as data is in British National Grid. | METERS |
RESOLUTION | DPI for the output images – above 96v doesn’t affect it too much. Default at 96. | 96 |
For full details of the MapServer MAP Object please see the MapServer MAP Documentation.