[mapserver-users] Shapefile Polygon problem (fwd)

[teb <teb@mallit.fr.umn.edu>]

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From: "robert brown" <robbrown99@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Shapefile Polygon problem
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 12:18:05 +0000
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Hello all,
 
I am a new Mapserver user and I am trying to display my own 
shapefiles. I have tried a dummy polygon (four sides), which 
worked fine and displayed in the browser.
However, when I try to load more complex shapefiles, I get the 
following message:
 
msDrawShapefileLayer(): General error message. POLYGON layers 
must be POLYGON shapefiles. 
 
This occurs on every one of my own shape files which were created 
in MapInfo and then translated into ESRI shape. I have checked 
the shapefiles in ArcView and all
objects are correct according to the syntax I have used in the 
Map File. For example if I have a Polyline layer, all objects in 
my shapefile are polylines; if I have a POLYGON
layer, all objects in my shapefile are polygons. This message 
occurs every time I try to load one of my shapefiles - even when 
I am trying to load a POLYLINE layer! 
 
Please could someone shed some light on this, as I am completely 
stumped! Thanks for your time,
 
Rob
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Hello all,

 

I am a new Mapserver user and I am trying to display my own shapefiles. I have tried a dummy polygon (four sides), which worked fine and displayed in the browser. However, when I try to load more complex shapefiles, I get the following message:

 

msDrawShapefileLayer(): General error message. POLYGON layers must be POLYGON shapefiles.

 

This occurs on every one of my own shape files which were created in MapInfo and then translated into ESRI shape. I have checked the shapefiles in ArcView and all objects are correct according to the syntax I have used in the Map File. For example if I have a Polyline layer, all objects in my shapefile are polylines; if I have a POLYGON layer, all objects in my shapefile are polygons. This message occurs every time I try to load one of my shapefiles - even when I am trying to load a POLYLINE layer!

 

Please could someone shed some light on this, as I am completely stumped! Thanks for your time,

 

Rob

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