Carry out the following steps:
- MapServer exposes its map services using mapfile, a text file format, with which it is possible to define the PostGIS layers on the web, enable any vector and raster format supported by GDAL, and specify which services (WMS/WFS/WCS) to expose per layer. Create a new text file named countries.map and add the following code:
MAP # Start of mapfile NAME 'population_per_country_map' IMAGETYPE PNG EXTENT -180 -90 180 90 SIZE 800 400 IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255 # map projection definition PROJECTION 'init=epsg:4326' END # web section: here we define the ows services WEB # WMS and WFS server settings METADATA 'ows_enable_request' '*' 'ows_title' 'Mapserver sample map' 'ows_abstract' 'OWS services about ...
