don't even bother with GDAL unless your using a 2.1 build, it's really broken
2.1 also does raster reprojection and is more stable z On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S <[email protected]> wrote: > Rasters are notoriously difficult to get to work. > > First of, you need to run the server from the console with the CPL_DEBUG=on: > http://trac.osgeo.org/fdo/wiki/FdoGdalNotes > (See at the bottom of the page). > > And you have to create the gdalplugin folder yourself, so you get the file > layout > as described on FdoGdalNotes page. > > Your MapDefinition coordinate system and raster coordinate system MUST match > 100%. > > Also look in the error log file: > C:\Program Files\MapGuideOpenSource2.0\Server\Logs\Error.log > > For a free vector editor, try Kosmo GIS: > http://www.opengis.es/ > > Good luck! > > Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S > > > oshan skrev: > > By the way I'm using mapguide os 2.0 with jsp extension. does this come with > the GDAL plugin to handle all the raster data? I checked in my bin folder > and there is no gdalplugins folder! But inside FDO I have a file called > gdal14.dll. If this is not enough where do I get this full plugin from and > which version. The version of the gdal14.dll is 1.4.3.0 > > cheers > > > > oshan wrote: > > > Hi Kenneth > > Thanks for you reply. I'm basically trying to get a map displayed in the > ajax viewer and the map I'm planning to use is a raster image. > > I tried doing it using map guide maestro but I couldn't get the image > displayed. I tnk its something to do with the coordinate system may be its > way off the screen. > > I was looking at GDAL and found this link. It kind shows how to add > coordinate to raster image. I'll try that and see if it works. > http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/UserDocs/RasterProcTutorial > > By the way do you mean data files like .shp? what is a good free client I > used to create such data? > > Thanks > > > > Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S wrote: > > > There is a short (incomplete) guide here that explains the procedure > from a users viewpoint: > http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/wiki/maestro/UserGuide > > If you have MapGuide Enterprise, you can get Studio for free, which has > a manual in the "Help" menu. > > If you need to create data as well, you need a GIS client application, > such as Autocad Map, ArcGIS or MapInfo. > (There are free clients avalible as well) > > Your question is a bit vague, so if this is an answer to another > question, can you explain your current setup? > > Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S > > > > oshan skrev: > > > Hi > > I want to know how to create layers? > > Say that you have a map and you want to create layers for political > divisions. How would you go about doing this? > > I ask this before but I didn't get any answer. My apologies if its a > stupic > question! Since I don't really have any good vectored based maps, is it > possible to use a jpeg as a base image? How do I achieve this? > > I appreciate any help > Thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > mapguide-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mapguide-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users > > -- Zac Spitzer Solution Architect / Director Ennoble Consultancy Australia http://www.ennoble.com.au http://zacster.blogspot.com +61 405 847 168 _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users
