[maplab-users] Re: [Mapserver-users] PHP MapScript on Mac OS X?

[Zak James]

Lorenzo,

I've moved this on to the maplab list as it is probably more relevant  
there. I encourage you to subscribe if you aren't on the list already.

There are a couple of issues you may be facing. One possibility is that  
the settings in the mapfile have incorrect paths for your system. The  
other is that most mac browsers do not support LiveConnect which is  
required by ROSA (the java applet) to connect it to the rest of the  
maplab interface. The most recent version of safari (v125?) with  
apple's java 1.42 installed is the only one that I have been able to  
get working with ROSA. As a workaround, you could try switching to html  
mode.

If there is no map image, examine the apache error_log to find out what  
the problem is. You may find it is trying to write to a directory that  
doesn't exist.

I was impressed by your Grass installer and I'd be happy to assist in  
getting something along those lines working for mapserver on OS X. One  
critical issue is making sure it is something easy to maintain so that  
updated versions of libraries and mapserver can easily be incorporated  
in the installer as they are released.

zak
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Zak James
Applications and Software Development
DM Solutions Group Inc.
http://www.dmsolutions.ca


>
> I'm using MapServer-MapScript 4.0.1 under OSX 10.2.8. It works very  
> well and it's speed....
>
> I have build mapserver/mapscript with PHP 4.3.3. Gdal is 1.1.9. I'm  
> working for a simple installer for all OS X users with last GDAL 1.2.0  
> like my Grass Gis Complete on mac OS X (see  
> http://wwwamb.bologna.enea.it/forgrass/)  It's possible to work with  
> PHP/MapScript (.phtml suffix) toghether with PHP for Apache (.php)  
> with Apache under OS X.
>
> One question to Zak:
> Why Maplab 2.1-rc3 does not work very well on mac OSX ?
> MapEdit works ....
> MapBrowser has a problem with preview. It does not display the map ....
> GMapFactory is like MapBrowser.
>
> All settings are right.
>
> Why???
>
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