All,

I know the GD stuff has been a long running conversation in the MapServer 
realm, but does this indicate that maybe discussing something on adding GD back 
in might be prudent?  Or are there methods to get down to these previous files 
sizes with the newer approaches?

I have the same concerns related to image size from the performance side, and 
running on Mobile in our case.

Bobb


From: mapserver-users <[email protected]> on behalf of 
Richard Greenwood <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 11:50 AM
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [mapserver-users] anti-aliasing (was differing image size with 
different mapserver versions)

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Thanks to several helpful replies to my previous thread I know that the 
increased image size between MapServer 6 with the GD driver and MapServer 7 
with the AGG driver is due to differences in anti-aliasing (and lack of) in the 
two drivers. (AGG features anti-aliasing and sub-pixel 
resolution<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Grain_Geometry>).

Gamma setting from 0-1 affects the size of a filled polygon layer by a factor 
of almost 3x. But gamma has no effect on text, lines, and polygon outlines. So 
images comprised of these types of features are approximately 2x larger with 
the AGG/PNG8 driver than with the GD/GIF driver.

Where else should I be looking to reduce my images sizes? I serve rural areas 
with poor internet so in my case, smaller image sizes are more important than 
higher quality images.

Thanks,
Rich

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Richard W. Greenwood, PLS
www.greenwoodmap.com<http://www.greenwoodmap.com>
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