Re: [mapserver-users] OGR Virtual Format and character encoding

2012-08-31 Thread Frank Warmerdam
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Chris Jackson wrote: > Frank > > I am using ODBC:. in the OVF file. I am parsing the file > using OGRinfo via commandline and the characters are looking odd straight > away. Chris, I'm not convinced that command windows support UTF-8 output properly so funny

Re: [mapserver-users] OGR Virtual Format and character encoding

2012-08-31 Thread Chris Jackson
Frank I am using ODBC:. in the OVF file. I am parsing the file using OGRinfo via commandline and the characters are looking odd straight away. Hadn't thought about using the spatial add-on for 2005, can that be called directly from the mapfile instead? I usually just use shapefiles (perform

Re: [mapserver-users] OGR Virtual Format and character encoding

2012-08-31 Thread Frank Warmerdam
Chris, I'm a bit unclear if the problem is happening in the MS SQL driver, or in the VRT driver. If you use OGR directly against the MS SQL data are things messed up? Are you using ODBC or the actual MSSQLSpatial driver? Best regards, Frank On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Chris Jackson wrote

Re: [mapserver-users] OGR Virtual Format and character encoding

2012-08-31 Thread Chris Jackson
All One thought I did have, if the characters where html encoded in the SQL table (e.g. ü as ü) is there anyway to get MapServer to render them correctly again in a label? I guess OGR can only deal with UTF-8 encoded characters (I am using nvarchar fields, but in an ISO collation in SQL 2005 - no

[mapserver-users] compiling mapserver error : can not find gd.lib

2012-08-31 Thread Sowmya Tiramdasu
Hi, I am trying to compile mapserver from sources on windows 7 computer. I am facing the following problem. Can anyone please guide me. I used the link given in the Mapserver manual to download the GD library package (http://www.boutell.com/gd/http/gdwin32.zip.) When I am trying to

[mapserver-users] WMS layer example

2012-08-31 Thread Ian Walberg
Hello folks, We had weather layers working ok previously and now cannot find the map file we used. Anyone got an example that works with the AS_RIDGE_NEXRAD layer from here http://nowcoast.noaa.gov/help/mapservices.shtml Works with QGIS but cannot get the syntax correct for mapserver. Thanks I

Re: [mapserver-users] label offset bug

2012-08-31 Thread thomas bonfort
Yves, Offset labelling is not (yet :) ) supported for follow labels. For lines with only two points, follow labels fall back to auto labels, which do support offsetting. On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Yves Jacolin wrote: > Le 23/08/2012 15:47, Yves Jacolin a écrit : > >> Hello, >> >> I have a l

Re: [mapserver-users] label offset bug

2012-08-31 Thread Yves Jacolin
Le 23/08/2012 15:47, Yves Jacolin a écrit : Hello, I have a layer with label (and offset on this lable). Some labels don't displayed correctly, ie offset value seems not used: see http://imageshack.us/f/163/mapserverstyleoffsetbug.png/ My label config looks like this: LABEL TYPE TR

Re: [mapserver-users] Migrating mapcache sqlite database to new format

2012-08-31 Thread thomas bonfort
Hi Michael, You'd have some options here: - either manually hack your sqlite schema so it corresponds to the new one (you probably only need to drop/add a few columns) - implement a "single tileset" sqlite backend in cache_sqlite.c (copying and adapting mapcache_cache_sqlite_create() should be suff