[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] MapInfo and UTF-8

2007-07-25 Thread Milo van der Linden
Hello list, I have some problem with my Mapserver WFS server. In the mapfile there is a MapInfo tab that has special characters like ú and ç. MapInfo tabs are encoded in WindowsLatin1. I have set wfs_encoding is UTF-8 in the Map section of the Map File and encoding = ISO-8859-1 for the MapInfo

[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] php/mapscript can't set new_map_path

2007-07-25 Thread Ben Madin
G'day List, I can't get this to work, using $map=ms_newMapObj('',$mapserver_path); when I look in the $map object, I can get : [symbolsetfilename] = /ms4w/Apache/htdocs/report/mapserver/symbols/colour.sym [fontsetfilename] = /ms4w/Apache/htdocs/report/mapserver/fonts/fontset.txt

[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] php/mapscript can't set new_map_path (work around)

2007-07-25 Thread Ben Madin
G'day all, I have added a blank map file : $map=ms_newMapObj($mapserver_path.'blank.map'); that looks like : ## This is a temporary map placeholder MAP # Nothing is held here, but allows us to set the path. END which seems to work. cheers Ben

[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] [Fwd: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Mapserver sites with public map data in the US/Canada]

2007-07-25 Thread Jan Hartmann
Folks, Ed McNierny, who of course is a prime example of a small firm doing big things with MapServer, sent me the following note. Can anyone from Canada give me any pointers to this policy change in Canada regarding royalties and licences op topographic maps? It's probably very important for

Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] PROCESSING LUT=.... issue

2007-07-25 Thread A.Th.C. Hulst
Frank, On Friday 20 July 2007 17:34:01 Frank Warmerdam wrote: It seems that this code change just ignores the implicit 255:255 if there is any user provided lut points at all. I'm not sure that this is advisable. I have changed the behaviour. Now it only ignores the 255:255 when the user

[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] RASTER and real coordinates problem

2007-07-25 Thread Antonio
hi all, I've a raster image (600*400) of a harbour ... in the map file i MUST specify EXTENT 0.0 0.0 600.0 400.0 (correct ?) ... the real coordinates of the gps are between -9.10 41.20 -9.55 42.30 (for example) ... HOW can I calculate the real position of the boats on the map ? I'm tryin

[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] transparent hatches

2007-07-25 Thread Francesco Sozzi
Hi All, I have a polygon layer with overlapped geometries and with several classes. I use an hatch symbol into one class and I would like to set it transparent to see other polygons (of different classes) below. The transparence attribute works only at layer level and if I use it I still have

[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] ANGLE FOLLOW

2007-07-25 Thread Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)
Hi list, I am trying to use ANGLE FOLLOW in Mapserver 4.10.2 but I can't get the labels to have an offset, they are always right in the line segment (i.e. the center of the label is the line segment). Is this possible, and if so does anybody have an example to share? Thanks. Best regards, Bart

Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] ANGLE FOLLOW

2007-07-25 Thread Stephen Woodbridge
Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) wrote: Hi list, I am trying to use ANGLE FOLLOW in Mapserver 4.10.2 but I can't get the labels to have an offset, they are always right in the line segment (i.e. the center of the label is the line segment). Is this possible, and if so does anybody have an example

Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] ANGLE FOLLOW

2007-07-25 Thread Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)
So this is mostly useful for streets which are shown with very wide lines in which the labels fit, and not so much for rivers like I wanted to use it for? Best regards, Bart -- Bart van den Eijnden OSGIS, Open Source GIS http://www.osgis.nl - Oorspronkelijk bericht Van:

Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] floating point grass rasters and mapserver - a resume

2007-07-25 Thread Neil Best
Also, is this work posted somewhere on the web as suggested? I did not find it in the GRASS wiki, but maybe I have overlooked it. Thanks again. Neil Best wrote: Can anyone comment on whether this information is still current? Are there any plans to accommodate GRASS rasters in Mapserver?

Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] ANGLE FOLLOW

2007-07-25 Thread Stephen Woodbridge
Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) wrote: So this is mostly useful for streets which are shown with very wide lines in which the labels fit, and not so much for rivers like I wanted to use it for? I use it for rivers and streams like this: LAYER NAME Rivers STATUS DEFAULT DATA rivers

Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] [Fwd: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Mapserver sites with public map data in the US/Canada]

2007-07-25 Thread Jan Hartmann
Found this link, which explains it all: http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=118 Jan Hartmann wrote: Folks, Ed McNierny, who of course is a prime example of a small firm doing big things with MapServer, sent me the following note. Can anyone from Canada give me any pointers to this policy

[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] catching errors??

2007-07-25 Thread John Smith
guys, how'd i customize 'mapserv(): Web application error' and 'msDrawMap(): Image handling error'? in the first case only mapserver fails. in the second postgresql fails first then mapserver. anyway using cgi so catching error inside template isn't useful since template gets bypassed on error.

Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Mapserver sites with public map data

2007-07-25 Thread Brent Fraser
Jan, The following message was sent to Canadian topographic data users. The data is available at http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/geogratis/en/download/scanned.html. The scanned topo map dataset is known as CanMatrix. The Geomatics industry has been petitioning the Canadian federal government for

Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] catching errors??

2007-07-25 Thread John Smith
for mapping since mapserver cgi is the last step before apache, it's fail-safe to catch errors with mapserver than say postgresql: application = apache = mapserver cgi = postgresql basically 'if response returned isn't image show custom text' kinda. jzs On 7/25/07, John Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] catching errors??

2007-07-25 Thread John Smith
sorry for frequent emails but didn't know there's ERROR is addition to EMPTY for cleaner error handling. ERROR catches what EMPTY doesn't. check this out http://ms.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/mapfile/web . thanks anyways, jzs On 7/25/07, John Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for mapping since

[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] How could I unsubscribe? Thank you

2007-07-25 Thread Wu, Xiaochun
Best regards, xiaochun

Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Download Raster(imagery)

2007-07-25 Thread Gregor Mosheh
Is it possible to allow a user to download a raster(imagery) that is theextent of the map window? What can or can't be downloaded? Are there any demo sites out there that allow the user to download databased on the map window extent? Oh, sure. The most basic way is to call mode=map like you're

[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] mapserv(): Web application error. Query mode needs a point, imgxy and mapxy are not set??

2007-07-25 Thread John Smith
guys, see if you can shed some light: i zoom in from page A (querying works) with the following cgi variables set in the url in order- mode, qlayer, map, imgext, minx, miny, maxx, maxy, imgxy, mapxy to page B (querying works) with the following variables in the url- mode, qlayer, map, imgext,

[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] MapServer 5.0.0 release plan ... and release of beta1

2007-07-25 Thread Daniel Morissette
MapServer Users, Here are some details about the upcoming MapServer 5.0 release... MapServer 5.0 release plan: --- We have had our v5.0 feature freeze on Monday of this week, which means that all new features for version 5.0 are now committed to the SVN repository,

[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Map image wont load in query template?

2007-07-25 Thread Ian Howat
I'm trying to send the results of an attribute query to a form in my web template (i.e., the user clicks on a point on the map and the attributes of that point are displayed on the same page) but the map image won't load when the query is returned - Is there something that keeps the map

[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Download Raster(imagery)

2007-07-25 Thread Mariette
Is it possible to allow a user to download a raster(imagery) that is theextent of the map window? What can or can't be downloaded? Are there any demo sites out there that allow the user to download databased on the map window extent? Thanks -- View this message in context:

Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] PROCESSING LUT=.... issue

2007-07-25 Thread Frank Warmerdam
A.Th.C. Hulst wrote: Frank, On Friday 20 July 2007 17:34:01 Frank Warmerdam wrote: It seems that this code change just ignores the implicit 255:255 if there is any user provided lut points at all. I'm not sure that this is advisable. I have changed the behaviour. Now it only ignores the

[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] SOS om:result

2007-07-25 Thread Charlton Purvis
Hi, SOS experts. I see reference to 'results' in the SOS how-to, but I'm not clear on how to get an om:result block like I see on other SOS services. Something like I might see here http://tinyurl.com/2jvs28. I'm looking mainly at the om:result and om:resultDefinition blocks. Many thanks (as

Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Download Raster(imagery)

2007-07-25 Thread Burgholzer,Robert
Essentially, this is what the user does every time you generate a map via mapserver, if I understand your desire correctly. If you are using PHP mapscript, an example will be easy to provide, such as: $image = $map-draw(); $image_url = $image-saveWebImage(MS_GIF,1,1,0); print(a