I imagine that having a layered PDF as the output would be quite beneficial. Does anybody know if layered PDF output is possible from mapserver?
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Armin Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Milo > > Depending on the purpose, you could check if Mapyrus is useful for you. > Disadvantage is that you need to define the map layout a second time and > make it look similar to Mapserver layout. But the PDF output quality is far > better than the one of Mapserver, and you do not need to bother with PDFLib > licenses. And it's also working well for large print formats (vector based > rendering of vector data). > > Armin > > On 30/09/2008 18:26, Milo van der Linden wrote: >> >> Hello list! >> >> I have been searching the web for tips and tricks, but basically what I >> need is a method or procedure or (commercial) tool that can enhance my >> mapserver installation to enable high resolution printing. >> >> What I am looking for is the best practice to: >> >> - Add a button to our website >> - Let the button start a script or program that processes the active >> layers in the map view based upon the current extent >> - Generate a mixture of high-res images and optionally svg or alike for >> linework >> - combine the works in a pdf >> - present the pdf for download to the user >> >> I would also like to know if there are any commercial, mapserver based, >> solutions for this. I am also willing to hire an expert to achieve this. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Milo van der Linden >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
