Description

Presentation of the MapServer project and operation of a Web server (Apache) Mapfile configuration files: description, visualization and modification Managing vector data and raster images Thematic analyses, selections and creation of layout models (Templates) BROWSE and QUERY modes Using MapServer with GIS software: WebServices.

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

Spatial database managers; Project managers; Geomatician responsible for developing a cartographic website

Prerequisites

Be familiar with the Windows environment; Know GIS

Training objectives

Understand how the MapServer map server works

Address its implementation for the development of a dynamic map website

Set up a map server with various data (formats, projections, etc.)

Training program

• General features of MapServer
  • Introduction
  • Installation
  • How a Web server (Apache) works.
• Operating mode
  • Architecture of a MapServer application
  • Viewing and modifying a configuration file (mapfile)
• Editing a mapfile
  • Managing projections
  • Adding point layers, lines and PostGIS tables
• Managing raster images

  don’t have a program yet

• The selections
  • Filter data;
  • Select data to change its appearance
• Using MapServer with GIS Software
  • WebServices;
  • MapServer and WMS feeds
  • Configure the display of attribute data
  • MapServer and WFS feeds