Sorry for not hopping into the thread earlier, blame holidays :) For the time being, you can achieve similar output with mapserver 5.2, by using the OPACITY keyword at the style level
STYLE COLOR r g b OPACITY 50 # essentially the same as WIDTH 0.5 WIDTH 1 END cheers, thomas On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Dane Springmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fantastic, thanks for the feedback everyone. > > Dane > > > On Aug 19, 2008, at 5:39 AM, Steve Lime wrote: > >> We've talked about this as part of a package of graphics-related >> enhancements. Look for >> it in 5.4 soon. >> >> Steve >> >>>>> "Tamas Szekeres" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/18/08 7:06 PM >>> >> >> Dane, >> >> I think it would be implemented by means of replacing the int-s with >> doubles at the style and the symbol definitions and the corresponding >> interfaces since AGG have already been using doubles internally in the >> code. >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Tamas >> >> >> 2008/8/19 Dane Springmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> Tamas, >>> Great, thanks!. I'll file a ticket then regarding the agg render and >>> adding >>> a FORMATOPTION for generating 'thinner' looking lines. >>> My question comes from the context of comparing Mapnik's agg output to >>> mapserver. Mapnik seems to interpret user-entered fractional widths in a >>> clever way, by lightening the color and intensity. >>> I'm comparing this graphic generated with a width=0.1 with Mapnik: >>> >>> http://mapnik-utils.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/tutorials/hello_world/xml_config/map/hello_world_using_xml_config.png >>> to this graphic generated with Mapserver with Width 1.0: >>> >>> http://mapnik-utils.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/tutorials/hello_world/mapserver_comparison/mapfile_config/map/hello_world_with_mapserver_mapfile.png >>> It fully possible that my mapfile is not doing an equal comparison, so if >>> anyone has suggestions I've pasted it below. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Dane >>> ------------ >>> >>> # This mapfile mirrors the mapnik hello world example >>> here: >>> http://mapnik-utils.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/tutorials/hello_world/pure_python/ >>> # A map can be generated from it by running shp2img. >>> # For example: >>> # $ shp2img -m world.map -o map/hello_world_with_mapserver_mapfile.png >>> # or >>> # once you have installed the mapserv cgi use this url: >>> # >>> >>> http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/path/to/this/mapfile/world.map&layers=world&mode=map >>> MAP >>> IMAGETYPE AGG >>> EXTENT -180 -93 180 86 >>> SIZE 600 300 >>> SHAPEPATH "../../data/" >>> IMAGECOLOR 70 130 180 >>> >>> OUTPUTFORMAT >>> NAME 'AGG' >>> DRIVER AGG/PNG >>> IMAGEMODE RGB >>> MIMETYPE "image/png" >>> END >>> LAYER >>> NAME world >>> DATA world_borders.shp >>> STATUS ON >>> TYPE POLYGON >>> CLASS >>> NAME "World" >>> STYLE >>> COLOR 242 239 249 >>> OUTLINECOLOR 127 127 127 >>> WIDTH 1 >>> END >>> >>> END >>> END >>> END >>> >>> >>> On Aug 18, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Tamas Szekeres wrote: >>> >>> Dane, >>> >>> I think it's reasonable but would only be feasible for the AGG renderer >>> though. >>> >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Tamas >>> >>> >>> >>> 2008/8/19 Dane Springmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> I can see from http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/mapfile/style >>> >>> that only integers are supported for the Style > Width parameter. >>> >>> Are thinner lines (a float type) a possibility or have they been >>> considered >>> >>> in the MapServer code base? >>> >>> I can't find anything in trac to suggest so, but I thought to check here >>> >>> before filing a ticket. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Dane >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> mapserver-users mailing list >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> mapserver-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
