Have you created an OSGeo login? Visit http://www.osgeo.org/osgeo_userid. Once you have that you should have rights to create tickets in the MapServer trac instance.
Steve >>> On 8/12/2009 at 1:38 AM, in message <[email protected]>, "Lars Westerlind" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Jeff, > Thanks for clarifications. > I don't have TICKET_CREATE privilege it says. > Cheers, > Lars > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] För Jeff McKenna > Skickat: 11 August 2009 20:34 > Till: [email protected] > Ämne: Re: [mapserver-users] Newbie feedback > > Hello Lars, > > My comments are inline below: > > Lars Westerlind wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> we newly installed Mapserver as ms4w installation on windows; and we are >> very satisfied. > > great! > >> >> We got up and running very fast, even though we are not fluent in the >> techniques >> >> used (in Partiucar, Apache webserver). However, I want to share a few >> small points that caused >> >> unnecessary problems. >> >> >> >> 1. A suggestion where in the directory structure to put the mapfiles >> would be appreciated. If there are >> >> different meanings, give two or three scenarios. Also include the looks >> of the URL reference to the mapfile. > > You should download the MS4W addon packed named "PHP/MapScript Sample > Application" for an example directory structure. Here is my advice: > > - place the application in /ms4w/apps > - /apps/yourapp/ should contain: > /data (your data files) > /docs (any relevant docs) > /etc (font and symbol files) > /htdocs (application files - often html, js, or php*) > /maps (your mapfiles) > >> >> 2. Why not enclose a small working example with one simplest possible >> mapfile and one shapefile set? And >> >> perhaps another more advanced mapfile with some common techniques exposed? > > MS4W tries to do that, by providing you working examples that you can > play around with. > >> >> 3. Font handling caused me much problems. As it is a windows >> installation, it could be at least a insall note / readme describing >> >> where to search for the .ttf files. The Mapserver documentation doesn't >> say anything about Windows, and in Windows you need not be very >> >> aware of where to find the font files, so it took some time to find out. >> It appears that the documentation is not very clear either; >> >> I hade to create a fontset file and refer to it to get it work; the >> documentation hints that font references could be written in the fontset >> >> clause, but I didn't manage. > > The best way to provide feedback on documentation (and make sure it is > recorded) is to file a ticket in the MapServer tracker > (http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/), using the "MapServer Documentation" > component. It would be great help if your ticket could contain > suggested text that should be added to the page you are referring to. > Thanks! > >> >> 4. The default font handling (bitmap) was confusing as it appears to be >> ascii based, where the >> >> true type font appears to be Unicode/UTF-8 based. When doing the >> correct 'encoding', the output was silly until I managed to handel the >> >> true type fonts correctly. > > Maybe to be included in your ticket's text? > >> >> 5. I would suggest more examples in the documentation, especially around >> mapfile editing. In examles you >> >> would also get punctuation issues and such > > Please do provide any examples that you think are relevant. You can > also post examples and anything that you feel is helpful to others on > the MapServer Wiki (see lower section of > http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/)...it's an easy way to add to the > documentation and help others quickly! > >> >> >> I think that was my most important points I think. >> > > Thanks for the feedback, keep it coming! :) > > -jeff > _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
