Re: [mapserver-users] Layer rendering performance problem

2011-05-12 Thread Rahkonen Jukka
Hi, For clarification, it used to be rather a long time ago that the index file (.qix) was not utilised even it was present in the data folder if the LAYER DATA was given as DATA C:\Data\WMS_DATA.shp Index was used only if the LAYER DATA was like DATA C:\Data\WMS_DATA However, this in old

Re: [mapserver-users] opacity and outputformat

2011-05-12 Thread thomas bonfort
Opacity is set as a single integer between 0 and 100 on the layer level. There are no limitations on setting it on multiple layers, but in that case the opacity adds up, so if you have two layers with opacity 50, the final opacity of the image ends up being 75. If your final images end up with no

Re: [mapserver-users] Reference Map must be a GIF????

2011-05-12 Thread thomas bonfort
looking through the code, both GD and the other renderers should support loading GIF and PNG images. (This also concerns pixmap symbols, legend icons, etc... i.e. anything which requires loading an image file outside of GDAL) Can you supply the and the reference image you are using ? regards,

Re: [mapserver-users] Layer rendering performance problem

2011-05-12 Thread Jan Hartmann
About the GD library: the dowload site (http://www.boutell.com/gd/) is down, and there is no indication how long this will be so. There is a link to the code repository, but no standard tar-file is to be found there. Since MapServer cannot be compiled without GD, would it make sense to provide

Re: [mapserver-users] Layer rendering performance problem

2011-05-12 Thread Jon-Paul Dobson
Hi, I just tried creating a qix file as suggested and found that the Shape file now renders 22 times faster! Fantastic advice guys. Many thanks. If only there was a way to prevent the TTF file being continuously accessed when displaying a symbol using a truetype font. Any further ideas at all?

Re: [mapserver-users] Layer rendering performance problem

2011-05-12 Thread thomas bonfort
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:57, Jon-Paul Dobson jpdobso...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I just tried creating a qix file as suggested and found that the Shape file now renders 22 times faster! Fantastic advice guys. Many thanks. If only there was a way to prevent the TTF file being continuously

Re: [mapserver-users] Layer rendering performance problem

2011-05-12 Thread Jon-Paul Dobson
Resent without the .log attachment as it seems this is being blocked to mapserver users. On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Jon-Paul Dobson jpdobso...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Thomas, Thanks for looking into this. I'm using plain old File Monitor to see that the .TTF file is being accessed hundreds

Re: [mapserver-users] Layer rendering performance problem

2011-05-12 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 11-05-11 9:59 PM, Ben Madin wrote: I'm not sure whether it is still the case, but it used also to be that if you wanted to use the index, you need to name the shapefile without the .shp extension. If you used the .shp extension it wouldn't use the .qix index. So maybe this is a question - Is

[mapserver-users] sld pointsymbolizer

2011-05-12 Thread Tonton
hello i use sld to symbolize a wms layer the sld file is validate by udig to describe the same postgis sources but in the wms we don't see any point (i use well known star) but label is drawing correctly i dont read any error in mapserver log ms-error.txt how to know where is trouble log

Re: [mapserver-users] Layer rendering performance problem

2011-05-12 Thread Daniel Morissette
On 11-05-12 04:57 AM, Jan Hartmann wrote: About the GD library: the dowload site (http://www.boutell.com/gd/) is down, and there is no indication how long this will be so. There is a link to the code repository, but no standard tar-file is to be found there. Since MapServer cannot be compiled

[mapserver-users] Rendering Challenges - GEOMTRANSFORM

2011-05-12 Thread Brent Fraser
Steve, Thanks to your patch I was able to render thick lines inside polygons (http://i56.tinypic.com/1z347yq.jpg). The solution of using a STYLE with GEOMTRANSFORM got me thinking of using the technique to solve some of the labeling challenges: 2. Place polygon annotation on/inside

[mapserver-users] Re: mapserver-users Digest, Vol 40, Issue 29

2011-05-12 Thread Ben Madin
Thanks Jeff, Truth be told, I haven't set up a map file with a shapefile for about three years (all our data is in PostGIS now), so I haven't looked at the docs on that for a while. Based on the feedback here, could I maybe suggest that the last part of the shptree page be reworded to

[mapserver-users] Re: sld pointsymbolizer

2011-05-12 Thread Tonton
ok it is solved pb with ogc:literal it is better whitout On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Tonton to.ton...@gmail.com wrote: hello i use sld to symbolize a wms layer the sld file is validate by udig to describe the same postgis sources but in the wms we don't see any point (i use well

[mapserver-users] MapServer v GeoServer

2011-05-12 Thread Jon-Paul Dobson
Hi, MapServer appears to do most of what I need it too. Is there any reason why one would choose GeoServer as an alternative? Are there any disadvantages to MapServer when compared to GeoServer? Regards, Jon-Paul. ___ mapserver-users mailing list

RE: [mapserver-users] MapServer v GeoServer

2011-05-12 Thread Lime, Steve D (DNR)
There have been lots of comparisons done, just Goggle mapserver vs geoserver. IMHO the big differences are: - Platform: C/C++ vs Java - GeoServer WFS-T Support (although see TinyOWS for WFS-T and MapServer) - GeoServer GUI-based configuration (vs mapfiles) There

Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer v GeoServer

2011-05-12 Thread Yves Moisan
There have been lots of comparisons done, just Goggle mapserver vs geoserver. IMHO the big differences are: -Platform: C/C++ vs Java -GeoServer WFS-T Support (although see TinyOWS for WFS-T and MapServer) -GeoServer GUI-based configuration (vs mapfiles) You may also be interested in the

Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer v GeoServer

2011-05-12 Thread Thomas Gratier
Hello, You can look for example this comparison by P. Ramsey http://s3.cleverelephant.ca/geoweb-mapserver.pdf Regards ThomasG GIS specialist ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org

[mapserver-users] MapServer 6.0.0 Release

2011-05-12 Thread Daniel Morissette
The MapServer Team is pleased to announce the long awaited release of MapServer 6.0.0. The 6.0 release introduces important changes in key components of the MapServer core, as well as a large number of new features and enhancements. The complete list of changes and enhancements is too long