I didn't do the loading vmap page, so I have no real idea. I'm ccing the list, as people may have a better idea there, and Dave Blasby who wrote the page. In general it's best to email any question to the list, no one person can ever be relied upon to get all the answers to minor questions.
I think for this you can put them anywhere, you just have to then load them properly in to your postgis database. After they're in postgis you can set up the layers normally through geoserver.
Chris
Brown, Jeff (C2MS) wrote:
Chris
I have succesfully downloaded and decompressed the VMAP0 data to a subdirectory named World_Shapefiles.
The directory structure is as follows:
World_Shapefiles
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--- v0eur
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--- vmaplv0
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--- eurnasia
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--- bnd
--- dq
--- elev
--- hydro
--- ind
--- libref
--- phys
--- pop
--- tileref
--- trans
--- util
--- veg
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--- v0noa
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--- vmaplv0
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--- noamer
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--- same subdirectories as above
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--- vosas
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--- vmaplv0
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--- sasaus
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--- same subdirectories as above |
--- vosoa
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--- vmaplv0
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--- soamafr
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--- same subdirectories as aboveIs this much correct?
I have also downloaded the 2 .BAT files from the Wiki page (i.e. main.bat and ogr_process.bat). Where do I copy them? I assume once I've copied them to the appropriate place I simply execute main.bat from a command prompt window, right?
When the above process is completed, what should I see a evidence that everything worked correctly?
Thanks!
JAB-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Holmes [mailto:cholmes@anonymised.com] Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 2:18 PM
To: Alexander Petkov
Cc: Brown, Jeff (C2MS); GeoServer Users
Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] Just getting started and totally lostAlexander Petkov wrote:
On 3/24/06, Brown, Jeff (C2MS) <jeffrey.brown@anonymised.com> wrote:
I have downloaded and installed geoserver. When I run the startup script I can point IE to http:/localhost:8080/geoserver and it goes through it's compilation stage and then shows the welcome page.
At this point, I simply want to provide a WMS MapRequest to get a map of the world. However, the only layers are U.S. states and some B.C. roads. How to I get a background map of the world?
Thanks!
JABHello Jeff:
You need to download and install the WCS branch of geoserver for raster support.
You can download the latest and greatest SVN from here:
https://svn.codehaus.org/geoserver/branches/wcs-branchWell, you don't need a background map to have raster support if it's just a map of the outlines of countries. You need the raster support if you want a picture of the world. You just need a shapefile of the world if you want a background of the world.
GeoServer just ships with some sample requests. If you want a WMS Request to get a map of the world, then you need to set up GeoServer's data with a map of the world. There are several sources of free world data. We have instructions on how to download and use VMAP0 with geoserver at: http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOSDOC/Loading+VMAP0+data
best regards,
Chris
Alex
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