WEB

EMPTY [url]

URL to forward users to if a query fails. If not defined the value for ERROR is used.

ERROR [url]

URL to forward users to if an error occurs. Ugly old MapServer error messages will appear if this is not defined

FOOTER [filename]

Template to use AFTER anything else is sent. Multiresult query modes only.

HEADER [filename]

Template to use BEFORE everything else has been sent. Multiresult query modes only.

IMAGEPATH [path]

Path to the temporary directory fro writing temporary files and images. Must be writable by the user the web server is running as. Must end with a / or depending on your platform.

IMAGEURL [path]

Base URL for IMAGEPATH. This is the URL that will take the web browser to IMAGEPATH to get the images.

LOG [filename]

File to log MapServer activity in. Must be writable by the user the web server is running as.

MAXSCALEDENOM [double]

Maximum scale at which this interface is valid. When a user requests a map at a bigger scale, MapServer automatically returns the map at this scale. This effectively prevents user from zooming too far out. Scale is given as the denominator of the actual scale fraction, for example for a map at a scale of 1:24,000 use 24000. Implemented in MapServer 5.0, to replace the deprecated MAXSCALE parameter.

Deprecated since version 5.0.

MAXSCALE [double] - deprecated

Since MapServer 5.0 the proper parameter to use is MAXSCALEDENOM instead. The deprecated MAXSCALE is the maximum scale at which this interface is valid. When a user requests a map at a bigger scale, MapServer automatically returns the map at this scale. This effectively prevents user from zooming too far out. Scale is given as the denominator of the actual scale fraction, for example for a map at a scale of 1:24,000 use 24000.

See also

Map scale

MAXTEMPLATE [file|url]

Template to be used if above the maximum scale for the app, useful for nesting apps.

METADATA

This keyword allows for arbitrary data to be stored as name value pairs. This is used with OGC WMS to define things such as layer title. It can also allow more flexibility in creating templates, as anything you put in here will be accessible via template tags. Example:

METADATA
    title "My layer title"
    author "Me!"
END

MINSCALEDENOM [double]

Minimum scale at which this interface is valid. When a user reqests a map at a smaller scale, MapServer automatically returns the map at this scale. This effectively prevents the user from zooming in too far. Scale is given as the denominator of the actual scale fraction, for example for a map at a scale of 1:24,000 use 24000. Implemented in MapServer 5.0, to replace the deprecated MINSCALE parameter.

See also

Map scale

MINSCALE [double] - deprecated

Since MapServer 5.0 the proper parameter to use is MINSCALEDENOM instead. The deprecated MINSCALE is the minimum scale at which this interface is valid. When a user reqests a map at a smaller scale, MapServer automatically returns the map at this scale. This effectively prevents the user from zooming in too far. Scale is given as the denominator of the actual scale fraction, for example for a map at a scale of 1:24,000 use 24000.

Deprecated since version 5.0.

MINTEMPLATE

Template to be used if above the minimum scale for the app, useful for nesting apps.

OUTPUTFORMAT [mime-type]

Format of the query output. Default is “text/html”. This is experimental, the use of the OUTPUTFORMAT object is recommended instead.

TEMPLATE [filename|url]

Template file or URL to use in presenting the results to the user in an interactive mode (i.e. map generates map and so on ... )