Thanks Steve. I should also note that on Localhost, I can consume the WMS service in ArcGIS and the shields look OK! It's on the test server that the strange symbols show up. I verified that the .ttf file is located in the C:\Windows\fonts directory.
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Lime [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:14 PM To: [email protected]; Bistrais, Bob Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Strange symbols with WMS in ArcGIS Very weird and I'm not sure it's even possible. That would mean ArcGIS is somehow affecting the *rendering* performed by MapServer. I'd start with capturing the exact WMS requests being created by ArcGIS... Steve >>> On 1/14/2009 at 4:05 PM, in message <4eff8bb964547748a07ca32961810c0412c48...@som-teaqasmail1.som.w2k.state. me.us>, "Bistrais, Bob" <[email protected]> wrote: > This is probably more of an ArcGIS question than MapServer, but > perhaps somebody here has an idea. I am building a WMS-enabled > service with MapServer and have been testing it out. I am using a > True Type Font for the highway route shields, the .ttf file is located > in the Windows/Fonts directory on the server. > > As expected, the service looks fine when consumed by MapServer and > Ka-Map. It also looks fine when using the open source QuantumGIS > (QGIS). But when the WMS service is consumed by ArcGIS, the > Interstate Highway shields look like ampersands (the "&" symbol). I > have not been able to determine why the symbols look correct by some > consumers, but not ArcGIS. Does anyone have any suggestions? _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
