[Mapserver-users] Problems with new mapserver install

Dylan Keon keon@nacse.org
Wed, 31 Dec 2003 14:37:12 -0800


mapserver@digger.net wrote:
> Tyler Mitchell wrote:
>>Case 2 - Now, mapserver may not use GIF images if it wasn't configure to.
>>In which case PNG format files would be your other choice.  In this case
>>you probably already have ctyhwy.gif, but really need to use .png files.
>>After converting to png, you will have to change your SYMBOL declarations
>>or your SYMBOLSET file to point to the files using the new extension.
> 
> 
> Ok, I did this.  The only change is that now it complains about ctyhwy.png:
> 
>   msLoadMap(): General error message. Undefined overlay symbol 
> "symbols/ctyhwy.png" in class 0, style 0 of layer ctyrdln3_anno.
>   msAddImageSymbol(): General error message. Unable to load PNG symbol. 

You might try using the absolute path to each symbol.

e.g., SYMBOL "/usr/local/mapserver/demo/itasca/symbols/ctyhwy.png" 
instead of SYMBOL "symbols/ctyhwy.png"

--Dylan
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