[Chameleon] using my own data with Chameleon

[Bart van den Eijnden]

Hi David,

firstly, maybe changing the subject line of the e-mail once in a while may 
help :)

Serving your own data with the sample application (I would suggest using 
sample_basic to start with) would involve editing the MAP file that these 
"non-OGC" samples use:

c:\ms4w\apps\chameleon\samples\map\chameleon.map

Place your own shapefiles in:
c:\ms4w\apps\chameleon\samples\data

and start editing the chameleon.map file to add them (add LAYERs).

I don't know if your shapefiles are in the same projection as the samples 
are (=epsg:42304).

Try studying the Mapserver MAP file documentation if you get stuck:

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc42/mapfile-reference.html

If you get this far, the next step would be building your own Chameleon 
application and pointing to an application MAP file with only your own 
data. Then deciding on whether you want local data in Chameleon or data 
served through OGC:WMS/OGC:WFS.

Best regards,
Bart

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:55:18 -0400, David Bradshaw <dbradshaw at olver.com> 
wrote:

> Dear Group:
>
> Okay, now that I have MapServer's demos up and running and I can see all
> the widgets from the samples folder, I am a veteran of MapServer with
> one day under my belt (I have Bart from the Netherlands and Jeff from DL
> Solutions to thank for the progress thus far. I am ready to conquer the
> bounds and push the system to its limits.  One small question though.
> Where do I go from here.  Let's say I have a three Shapefiles names
> 1.shp, 2.shp, and 3.shp.  Where do I begin to make edits to set up my
> own application.  I like all the bells and whistles of the sample:
> Chameleon Sample - Enhanced Widgets, with Buttonizer and Template
> Includes as found in the \samples folder.  Let's say Shapefiles 1&2 are
> polygons and 3 is a line and the extents of the map are: 8557578
> -1529902 18314465 5951663.
>
> I will want to be able to click on the features of each layer to get
> information about each but I can save that question for later, right now
> I just want to begin setting up my own custom application to see my
> Shapefiles.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> David
>
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