Re: [mapserver-users] Is there a way to convert a QGIS layout into a .map file?
+1 On Thursday, March 19, 2015, Lime, Steve D (MNIT) steve.l...@state.mn.us wrote: I've wondered if we could/should pull the plug-in into the MapServer project itself. -Original Message- From: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org javascript:; [mailto: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org javascript:;] On Behalf Of Rahkonen Jukka (MML) Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 3:16 AM To: Michael Kleih; mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org javascript:; Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Is there a way to convert a QGIS layout into a .map file? Hi, There is this plugin http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/rt_mapserver_exporter/ and old documentation http://docs.qgis.org/1.8/en/docs/user_manual/plugins/plugins_mapserver_export.html Unfortunately the plugin makes mapfiles which were usable as-is with Mapserver 5.x but not since that. It also creates mapfiles which I do not like a lot because it is lazy with PROJECTION blocks etc. but that is at least partly matter of taste. But if you know how to write valid mapfiles for Mapserver v. 6.x and above then that plugin does make usable templates which can save time. It would be nice to get that plugin up-to-date. Other alternatives which do not help with QGIS styles but are worth having a look: http://scribeui.org/ and http://gisinternals.com/mapmanager.html -Jukka Rahkonen- Michael Kleih wrote: Hello all, I am using Mapserver since nearly 20 years and like it a lot. QGIS is getting better and better and it would be nice to layout a map in QGIS and then convert it to a .map-file to be used with Mapserver. Does anybody know if this is possible? Thanks to all, Michael ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org javascript:; http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org javascript:; http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org javascript:; http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users -- Sent from my iPhone. ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
Re: [mapserver-users] Is there a way to convert a QGIS layout into a .map file?
I am all for QGIS-MapServer integration! As an aside, getting QGIS styling per se into MapServer can of course also be done through SLD: QGIS SLD export is pretty good -- although of course will only give you layer styles, not a full map setup. -- Barend Köbben On 19-03-15 00:10, Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com wrote: I wonder the same, especially seeing that plugin code living on GitHub. Think of how QGIS has become the frontend for GRASS, it could(should!) be the frontend for MapServer. There is definitely huge momentum in the QGIS community (I've even been asked to attend their first QGIS conference, and followup dev meeting, in May). I can imagine/dream of a joint MapServer/QGIS code sprint, totally funded (as a few of the OpenLayers3 sprints were) happening someday. Would be amazing. -jeff On 2015-03-18 2:50 PM, Lime, Steve D (MNIT) wrote: I've wondered if we could/should pull the plug-in into the MapServer project itself. -Original Message- From: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Rahkonen Jukka (MML) Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 3:16 AM To: Michael Kleih; mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Is there a way to convert a QGIS layout into a .map file? Hi, There is this plugin http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/rt_mapserver_exporter/ and old documentation http://docs.qgis.org/1.8/en/docs/user_manual/plugins/plugins_mapserver_ex port.html Unfortunately the plugin makes mapfiles which were usable as-is with Mapserver 5.x but not since that. It also creates mapfiles which I do not like a lot because it is lazy with PROJECTION blocks etc. but that is at least partly matter of taste. But if you know how to write valid mapfiles for Mapserver v. 6.x and above then that plugin does make usable templates which can save time. It would be nice to get that plugin up-to-date. Other alternatives which do not help with QGIS styles but are worth having a look: http://scribeui.org/ and http://gisinternals.com/mapmanager.html -Jukka Rahkonen- Michael Kleih wrote: Hello all, I am using Mapserver since nearly 20 years and like it a lot. QGIS is getting better and better and it would be nice to layout a map in QGIS and then convert it to a .map-file to be used with Mapserver. Does anybody know if this is possible? Thanks to all, Michael ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users -- Jeff McKenna MapServer Consulting and Training Services http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
Re: [mapserver-users] Is there a way to convert a QGIS layout into a .map file?
Hi, Hi, The SLD output of QGIS can be good but I am not so sure how good Mapserver is with importing SLD. That could be tested through WMS GetMap and SLD= or with SLD_BODY= but there is no tool for converting SLD into layer styles as text which could be saved and used in static mapfiles, or is there? -Jukka Rahkonen- -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] Puolesta b.j.kob...@utwente.nl Lähetetty: 19. maaliskuuta 2015 9:38 Vastaanottaja: jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com; mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Aihe: Re: [mapserver-users] Is there a way to convert a QGIS layout into a .map file? I am all for QGIS-MapServer integration! As an aside, getting QGIS styling per se into MapServer can of course also be done through SLD: QGIS SLD export is pretty good -- although of course will only give you layer styles, not a full map setup. -- Barend Köbben On 19-03-15 00:10, Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com wrote: I wonder the same, especially seeing that plugin code living on GitHub. Think of how QGIS has become the frontend for GRASS, it could(should!) be the frontend for MapServer. There is definitely huge momentum in the QGIS community (I've even been asked to attend their first QGIS conference, and followup dev meeting, in May). I can imagine/dream of a joint MapServer/QGIS code sprint, totally funded (as a few of the OpenLayers3 sprints were) happening someday. Would be amazing. -jeff On 2015-03-18 2:50 PM, Lime, Steve D (MNIT) wrote: I've wondered if we could/should pull the plug-in into the MapServer project itself. -Original Message- From: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Rahkonen Jukka (MML) Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 3:16 AM To: Michael Kleih; mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Is there a way to convert a QGIS layout into a .map file? Hi, There is this plugin http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/rt_mapserver_exporter/ and old documentation http://docs.qgis.org/1.8/en/docs/user_manual/plugins/plugins_mapserver _ex port.html Unfortunately the plugin makes mapfiles which were usable as-is with Mapserver 5.x but not since that. It also creates mapfiles which I do not like a lot because it is lazy with PROJECTION blocks etc. but that is at least partly matter of taste. But if you know how to write valid mapfiles for Mapserver v. 6.x and above then that plugin does make usable templates which can save time. It would be nice to get that plugin up-to-date. Other alternatives which do not help with QGIS styles but are worth having a look: http://scribeui.org/ and http://gisinternals.com/mapmanager.html -Jukka Rahkonen- Michael Kleih wrote: Hello all, I am using Mapserver since nearly 20 years and like it a lot. QGIS is getting better and better and it would be nice to layout a map in QGIS and then convert it to a .map-file to be used with Mapserver. Does anybody know if this is possible? Thanks to all, Michael ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users -- Jeff McKenna MapServer Consulting and Training Services http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
Re: [mapserver-users] Is there a way to convert a QGIS layout into a .map file?
Rahkonen Jukka (MML) wrote Hi, The SLD output of QGIS can be good but I am not so sure how good Mapserver is with importing SLD. That could be tested through WMS GetMap and SLD= or with SLD_BODY= but there is no tool for converting SLD into layer styles as text which could be saved and used in static mapfiles, or is there? -Jukka Rahkonen- You can do this conversion by python-mapscript. The rt_mapserver_plugins uses this technique. By the way the SLD export contains a bug on negative values (all ready reported by Maarten Tromp). -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Re-Is-there-a-way-to-convert-a-QGIS-layout-into-a-map-file-tp5194108p5194413.html Sent from the Mapserver - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
Re: [mapserver-users] Is there a way to convert a QGIS layout into a .map file?
On 2015-03-19 7:58 AM, deduikertjes wrote: You can do this conversion by python-mapscript. The rt_mapserver_plugins uses this technique. By the way the SLD export contains a bug on negative values (all ready reported by Maarten Tromp). I noticed the use of Python mapscript by that plugin, very nice. There must be some way we can get these two project teams (QGIS and MapServer) to work together. -jeff -- Jeff McKenna MapServer Consulting and Training Services http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
Re: [mapserver-users] Is there a way to convert a QGIS layout into a .map file?
Hi, There is this plugin http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/rt_mapserver_exporter/ and old documentation http://docs.qgis.org/1.8/en/docs/user_manual/plugins/plugins_mapserver_export.html Unfortunately the plugin makes mapfiles which were usable as-is with Mapserver 5.x but not since that. It also creates mapfiles which I do not like a lot because it is lazy with PROJECTION blocks etc. but that is at least partly matter of taste. But if you know how to write valid mapfiles for Mapserver v. 6.x and above then that plugin does make usable templates which can save time. It would be nice to get that plugin up-to-date. Other alternatives which do not help with QGIS styles but are worth having a look: http://scribeui.org/ and http://gisinternals.com/mapmanager.html -Jukka Rahkonen- Michael Kleih wrote: Hello all, I am using Mapserver since nearly 20 years and like it a lot. QGIS is getting better and better and it would be nice to layout a map in QGIS and then convert it to a .map-file to be used with Mapserver. Does anybody know if this is possible? Thanks to all, Michael ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
Re: [mapserver-users] Is there a way to convert a QGIS layout into a .map file?
Am 18.03.2015 um 13:20 schrieb Jeff McKenna:
Hi Michael,
I am with you on how important QGIS is for our workflow.
I am aware of a MapServer plugin that is designed for QGIS 2.x, however
I use the standalone QGIS always, so I have yet to be able to test it
(it is however available with OSGeo4W apparently). Give it a try:
https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/rt_mapserver_exporter/
it works for file-datasources and there is a wrong definition for
postgis-connections ('USING UNIQUE epsg' instead of 'USING SRID epsg').
But you should have to look at the mapfile in any case.
For finding and using the extension in qgis you have enable the
experimantal plugins.
Jörg
The code for it lives on GitHub
(https://github.com/faunalia/rt_mapserver_exporter), so maybe some
passionate MapServer devs can contribute.
-jeff
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Re: [mapserver-users] Is there a way to convert a QGIS layout into a .map file?
Hi Michael, I am with you on how important QGIS is for our workflow. I am aware of a MapServer plugin that is designed for QGIS 2.x, however I use the standalone QGIS always, so I have yet to be able to test it (it is however available with OSGeo4W apparently). Give it a try: https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/rt_mapserver_exporter/ The code for it lives on GitHub (https://github.com/faunalia/rt_mapserver_exporter), so maybe some passionate MapServer devs can contribute. -jeff -- Jeff McKenna MapServer Consulting and Training Services http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ On 2015-03-18 4:47 AM, Michael Kleih wrote: Hello all, I am using Mapserver since nearly 20 years and like it a lot. QGIS is getting better and better and it would be nice to layout a map in QGIS and then convert it to a .map-file to be used with Mapserver. Does anybody know if this is possible? Thanks to all, Michael ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
Re: [mapserver-users] Is there a way to convert a QGIS layout into a .map file?
I wonder the same, especially seeing that plugin code living on GitHub. Think of how QGIS has become the frontend for GRASS, it could(should!) be the frontend for MapServer. There is definitely huge momentum in the QGIS community (I've even been asked to attend their first QGIS conference, and followup dev meeting, in May). I can imagine/dream of a joint MapServer/QGIS code sprint, totally funded (as a few of the OpenLayers3 sprints were) happening someday. Would be amazing. -jeff On 2015-03-18 2:50 PM, Lime, Steve D (MNIT) wrote: I've wondered if we could/should pull the plug-in into the MapServer project itself. -Original Message- From: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Rahkonen Jukka (MML) Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 3:16 AM To: Michael Kleih; mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Is there a way to convert a QGIS layout into a .map file? Hi, There is this plugin http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/rt_mapserver_exporter/ and old documentation http://docs.qgis.org/1.8/en/docs/user_manual/plugins/plugins_mapserver_export.html Unfortunately the plugin makes mapfiles which were usable as-is with Mapserver 5.x but not since that. It also creates mapfiles which I do not like a lot because it is lazy with PROJECTION blocks etc. but that is at least partly matter of taste. But if you know how to write valid mapfiles for Mapserver v. 6.x and above then that plugin does make usable templates which can save time. It would be nice to get that plugin up-to-date. Other alternatives which do not help with QGIS styles but are worth having a look: http://scribeui.org/ and http://gisinternals.com/mapmanager.html -Jukka Rahkonen- Michael Kleih wrote: Hello all, I am using Mapserver since nearly 20 years and like it a lot. QGIS is getting better and better and it would be nice to layout a map in QGIS and then convert it to a .map-file to be used with Mapserver. Does anybody know if this is possible? Thanks to all, Michael ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users -- Jeff McKenna MapServer Consulting and Training Services http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
Re: [mapserver-users] Is there a way to convert a QGIS layout into a .map file?
I've wondered if we could/should pull the plug-in into the MapServer project itself. -Original Message- From: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Rahkonen Jukka (MML) Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 3:16 AM To: Michael Kleih; mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Is there a way to convert a QGIS layout into a .map file? Hi, There is this plugin http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/rt_mapserver_exporter/ and old documentation http://docs.qgis.org/1.8/en/docs/user_manual/plugins/plugins_mapserver_export.html Unfortunately the plugin makes mapfiles which were usable as-is with Mapserver 5.x but not since that. It also creates mapfiles which I do not like a lot because it is lazy with PROJECTION blocks etc. but that is at least partly matter of taste. But if you know how to write valid mapfiles for Mapserver v. 6.x and above then that plugin does make usable templates which can save time. It would be nice to get that plugin up-to-date. Other alternatives which do not help with QGIS styles but are worth having a look: http://scribeui.org/ and http://gisinternals.com/mapmanager.html -Jukka Rahkonen- Michael Kleih wrote: Hello all, I am using Mapserver since nearly 20 years and like it a lot. QGIS is getting better and better and it would be nice to layout a map in QGIS and then convert it to a .map-file to be used with Mapserver. Does anybody know if this is possible? Thanks to all, Michael ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users ___ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
