[maplab-users] mapedit preview map returns internal server error

[Bryan Keith]

Zak,

Sure.  Is this what you'd like to see?

LAYER
   NAME "1974 photo"
   STATUS ON
   DATA "1974.sid"
   TYPE RASTER
   UNITS FEET
END

Bryan

Zak James wrote:
> Bryan,
> 
> Can you post the MrSID layer from the saved mapfile to the list?
> 
> zak
> 
> On 8/1/06, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at dmsolutions.ca> wrote:
>> MapServer uses GDAL for raster support, so yes tifs and mrsid images are
>> handled by GDAL.
>>
>> However I can't explain your problems.  I see that you are on Windows -
>> I know that MS4W was recently modified to included mrsid support by
>> default.  But I have not played with MrSID files in MapLab.
>>
>> MapLab was built so long ago, long before virtual spatial support was
>> added to OGR (ovf files), so I'm not surprised that there might be
>> problems with those files in MapLab.
>>
>> You might have to live with this 'quirkiness' for now.  Unless someone
>> else sees a solution?
>>
>> jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bryan Keith wrote:
>>> Thanks, Jeff.  Previously I wrote that I had 3 shapefiles and a tiff.
>>> That was wrong.  I have 3 shapefiles and a sid image.  I removed the
>>> sid, and then "preview map" worked fine.  Then I added the sid back in,
>>> and "preview map" still worked fine.  Hmm.  The map files are identical
>>> again.  I opened the original mapfile, and I got the error.  I opened
>>> the new map file, and I also got the error.  I removed the sid, and
>>> "preview" map worked again.  Back where I started, and I can reproduce
>>> the problem (remove the sid, everything works...).  Does this
>>> information help locate the problem?
>>>
>>> Does MapLab (and MapServer) use GDAL for tiffs?  I assume it uses GDAL
>>> for sids.  I'm wondering if GDAL/OGR are working correctly with MapLab.
>>>  When I built the map file, I used an OGRCONNECTION to plot points from
>>> an ovf (VRT) file.  I had problems with that mapfile and converted the
>>> ovf to a shapefile in a quick attempt to get things working.  Again, the
>>> problem wasn't with the mapfile and the ogrconnection (shp2img worked)
>>> but apparently with "preview map" in MapEdit and the ogr connection
>>> (though I should do more testing to confirm this).  I'm planning on
>>> replacing the shapefile with the ovf.  In the meantime if this sounds
>>> familiar to anyone, let me know.
>>>
>>> I hope all this is clear.
>>>
>>> Bryan
>>>
>>> Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>>> hmm, could you try removing layers to make the mapfile even simpler
>>>> and still throw the error?  And then possibly attach that single-layer
>>>> mapfile to an email sent back to this list so all can see.
>>>>
>>>> jeff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bryan Keith wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I installed ms4w and maplab on a windows 2000 machine and
>>>>> successfully made and deployed a simple mapping application on our
>>>>> intranet.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I can go to MapEdit and open the map file.  When I try to
>>>>> "Preview Map", I get an "unhandled win32 exception occurred in
>>>>> php.exe" and "internal server error".  "Preview Map" worked fine
>>>>> while I was building the map file before deploying with the GMap
>>>>> Factory.  It's the same map file that's used in the deployed
>>>>> application that continues to work. Also, that map file returns a
>>>>> good image using shp2img.  Also, "preview map" still works with the
>>>>> tutorial map file.  The problem map file is quite simple: 3
>>>>> shapefiles and a tiff.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone know what's going on here?  If you need more information to
>>>>> help figure out the problem, please let me know.  Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bryan
>>>>>
>>>>> Bryan Keith
>>>>> GIS Specialist
>>>>> Geomega, Inc.
>>>>> Boulder, CO, USA
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jeff McKenna
>> DM Solutions Group Inc.
>> http://www.dmsolutions.ca
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