[Mapit] No pictures showing up

[Jan-Oliver Wagner]

Hello Rusty,

it is a very long time ago that I worked with MapIt!.

On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 08:08:25PM -0400, rusty at radservices.com wrote:
> I've been trying to get map-it up and running for a few days now.
> 
> my host requires a .cgi or.fcgi extension for all cgi files.  I have
> renamed showmap and genmap to their approriate CGI and changed the lines
> in the files where showmap = showmap.cgi and genmap=genmap.cgi. But I
> don't know if I missed anything because I can't get any images to show up
> in the map.  I have clickable links in the map, but no images.

There are a lot places where to exchange the name. Are you sure,
you got them all?

> checkconfig.py runs fine and can open all images.
> 
> The FAQ mentions running the processes without web server running. when I
> run genmap.cgi, it looks like I'm getting some image output, but if I try
> save this off it is just corrupt data.
> 
> has anyone ever seen this?
> 
> if you would like to see what I'm talking about, go here.
> 
> http://chatt-bsa.org/mapit/showmap.cgi
> I have made it so anyone can browse from the directory mapit down.
> I have 2 data directories that I am working in, but the herne data is
> configured live now.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated. Go easy, while I'm adept at Unix, I'm a
> python noob.

I suggest you first try out your application on a maschine
where you don't have to rename any file to make the problem
tracking easier. If it works, the problem lies in the renaming.
If it doesn't work, there is something else not right.

	Jan
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