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PostGIS 1.5.8 Manual42 / 310Chapter 5Using PostGIS: Building Applications5.1 Using MapServerThe Minnesota MapServer is an internet web-mapping server which conforms to the OpenGIS Web Mapping Server specification.• The MapServer homepage is at http://mapserver.org.• The OpenGIS Web Map Specification is at http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wms.5.1.1 Basic UsageTo use PostGIS with MapServer, you will need to know about how to configure MapServer, which is beyond the scope of thisdocumentation. This section will cover specific PostGIS issues and configuration details.To use PostGIS with MapServer, you will need:• Version 0.6 or newer of PostGIS.• Version 3.5 or newer of MapServer.MapServer accesses PostGIS/PostgreSQL data like any other PostgreSQL client -- using the libpq interface. This means thatMapServer can be installed on any machine with network access to the PostGIS server, and use PostGIS as a source of data. Thefaster the connection between the systems, the better.1. Compile and install MapServer, with whatever options you desire, including the "--with-postgis" configuration option.2. In your MapServer map file, add a PostGIS layer. For example:LAYERCONNECTIONTYPE postgisNAME "widehighways"# Connect to a remote spatial databaseCONNECTION "user=dbuser dbname=gisdatabase host=bigserver"PROCESSING "CLOSE_CONNECTION=DEFER"# Get the lines from the ’geom’ column of the ’roads’ tableDATA "geom from roads using srid=4326 using unique gid"STATUS ONTYPE LINE# Of the lines in the extents, only render the wide highwaysFILTER "type = ’highway’ and numlanes >= 4"CLASS# Make the superhighways brighter and 2 pixels wide