Re: [mapserver-users] Resampling and image quality?

2008-03-27 Thread Frank Warmerdam
Gregor Mosheh wrote: Hi, all. We're seeing some distortion in an image, a loss of viewing quality, and am hoping that y'all can provide some insight into what may be the issue. Here are the URLs: http://dev.geowake.com/chart.test/index.php http://ms2.geowake.com/ Yes, it's Google Maps, b

Re: [mapserver-users] Resampling and image quality?

2008-03-27 Thread P Kishor
On 3/27/08, Gregor Mosheh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll be on the plane all day tomorrow, on my way to DC for the > PostgreSQL East conference. If I don't reply, it's not personal. :) > > > > P Kishor wrote: > > yikes! The ms2 version is fugly. > > > M hm. This is the first time we've ever c

Re: [mapserver-users] Resampling and image quality?

2008-03-27 Thread Gregor Mosheh
Frank Warmerdam wrote: > I zoomed in on both, and I don't see the effect you are talking about. > Perhaps you need something a little less error prone, like screen > snaps that demonstrate what you are talking about! Sure thing: http://ms2.geowake.com/ms_fullview.png http://ms2.geowake.com/ms_3_

Re: [mapserver-users] Resampling and image quality?

2008-03-27 Thread Gregor Mosheh
I'll be on the plane all day tomorrow, on my way to DC for the PostgreSQL East conference. If I don't reply, it's not personal. :) P Kishor wrote: yikes! The ms2 version is fugly. M hm. This is the first time we've ever compared the PNG with the Mapserver output side by side, especially in

Re: [mapserver-users] Resampling and image quality?

2008-03-27 Thread P Kishor
On 3/27/08, Gregor Mosheh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, all. We're seeing some distortion in an image, a loss of viewing > quality, and am hoping that y'all can provide some insight into what may > be the issue. > > Here are the URLs: > http://dev.geowake.com/chart.test/index.php > ht

[mapserver-users] Label Follows streets alignment issue

2008-03-27 Thread Stephen Woodbridge
Hi Thomas, I have noticed that labels in a google style symbology that follow a straight line segment at approximately 45 degrees upper left to lower right and slightly off being aligned with the street. It is just enough to be annoying once you notice it. Have you noticed this? Can this be

[mapserver-users] Label Follows streets alignment issue

2008-03-27 Thread Stephen Woodbridge
Hi Thomas, I have noticed that labels in a google style symbology that follow a straight line segment at approximately 45 degrees upper left to lower right and slightly off being aligned with the street. It is just enough to be annoying once you notice it. Have you noticed this? Can this be

[mapserver-users] Resampling and image quality?

2008-03-27 Thread Gregor Mosheh
Hi, all. We're seeing some distortion in an image, a loss of viewing quality, and am hoping that y'all can provide some insight into what may be the issue. Here are the URLs: http://dev.geowake.com/chart.test/index.php http://ms2.geowake.com/ Yes, it's Google Maps, but bear with me. :) Th

Re: [mapserver-users] Polygon labeling

2008-03-27 Thread Thomas Campitelli
Many thanks for the response. However, it still did not fix this issue. It just puts the label directly on one of the border lines. I suspect that I need to include the county boundaries as a polygon layer and label them. I will see if that gets me anywhere. - Original Message From: "[

Re: [mapserver-users] Polygon labeling

2008-03-27 Thread Stephen Woodbridge
Try TYPE POLYGON instead. Thomas Campitelli wrote: Howdy Folks, I would like to label the polygons in my map, however none of the labels seem to fall within my polygons. Instead, they are labeled outside of each shape. I am displaying the polygons as lines in the map. Is that my problem? If

[mapserver-users] Polygon labeling

2008-03-27 Thread Thomas Campitelli
Howdy Folks, I would like to label the polygons in my map, however none of the labels seem to fall within my polygons. Instead, they are labeled outside of each shape. I am displaying the polygons as lines in the map. Is that my problem? If so, how do I get around it. I have no wish to fill my

Re: AW: [MAPSERVER-USERS] Hiding overviews

2008-03-27 Thread Pål Kristensen
Thanks! I really appreciate the quick response, and the effort you developers put in to meet the needs of the MapServer community users. Regards, Pål Kristensen Daniel Morissette-2 wrote: > > > FYI I have created a ticket for this: > http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2562 > > I can't

Re: [MAPSERVER-USERS] CLOSE_CONNECTION=DEFER - Segmentation fault

2008-03-27 Thread Carlos_Molina
Dave Fuhry wrote: > > Ivan, > >p.mapper seems to use the typical php > {map,layer}Obj_queryBy{Point,Rect,etc.} functions. These calls end up > calling the same msPOSTGIS* functions as everything else. > >I can't seem to reproduce your problem with a simple testcase > (basically, the a

Re: [mapserver-users] upload/stream data from GPS unit?

2008-03-27 Thread Brent Wood
> On Mar 27, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Fawcett, David wrote: > My guess is that you will need some sort of device to log the data > from the GPS and then transmit it across a wireless network (pager, > SMS, cell phone). At your base station, you would have capture the > messages, parse them, and

Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer 4.8.3: MapScript setProjection

2008-03-27 Thread Frank Warmerdam
Simon Greig wrote: Hi, This is a follow up to a question a colleague asked a few weeks ago: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2008-March/054772.html To summarise: In order to improve performance in our java application that uses the mapscript API we have replaced: mapobj.setP

Re: [mapserver-users] upload/stream data from GPS unit?

2008-03-27 Thread Stephen Woodbridge
Bill Wordsworth wrote: Thanks Steve. I am clear about the mapping part. I am not so sure about streaming/uploading near-real-time GPS data from on-site to webserver across WPA? I can not speak to WPA, I'm not sure I know that protocol, but if have a cell phone that that can do HTTP GET reques

Re: [mapserver-users] upload/stream data from GPS unit?

2008-03-27 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Mar 27, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Fawcett, David wrote: My guess is that you will need some sort of device to log the data from the GPS and then transmit it across a wireless network (pager, SMS, cell phone). At your base station, you would have capture the messages, parse them, and then proba

RE: [mapserver-users] upload/stream data from GPS unit?

2008-03-27 Thread Fawcett, David
My guess is that you will need some sort of device to log the data from the GPS and then transmit it across a wireless network (pager, SMS, cell phone). At your base station, you would have capture the messages, parse them, and then probably stuff the data into a database (PostGIS?). Your MapSe

Re: [mapserver-users] upload/stream data from GPS unit?

2008-03-27 Thread Ken S. Elvehjem
Bill, Am still not particularly proficient with MapServer to help with the "how" -- instead, I'm curious about the "how near" real time. Within 10 seconds or 10 minutes? Also, how much data? if it is just x,y,z info could you have the machine that's reading the GPS append points to a (sa

Re: [mapserver-users] upload/stream data from GPS unit?

2008-03-27 Thread Brent Fraser
Bill, Maybe. It depends what your expectations are with respect to Near-Real-Time. Mapserver can support GDAL/OGR layers if Mapserver is built with GDAL+Expat (not uncommon, but my version isn't built with Expat). I think the layer definition might look something like: LAYER NAME "gps"

Re: [mapserver-users] MapServer 4.8.3: MapScript setProjection

2008-03-27 Thread Daniel Morissette
Simon Greig wrote: If we ask for a large bounding box with a 300x300 PNG image then we get this error: "Layer must have an EPSG or AUTO projection code (in its PROJECTION object or wms_srs metadata)" Sounds like you may have a layer which uses CONNECTIONTYPE WMS. This is a layer that i

Re: [mapserver-users] upload/stream data from GPS unit?

2008-03-27 Thread Bill Wordsworth
Thanks Steve. I am clear about the mapping part. I am not so sure about streaming/uploading near-real-time GPS data from on-site to webserver across WPA? Cheers, Bill On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 3:10 PM, Stephen Woodbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill, > > There are probably many solutions availa

Re: Rép. : [mapserver-users] Pr oblem creating WMS

2008-03-27 Thread Daniel Morissette
There seems to be lots of confusion around wms_name these days... just to clarify: when setting up a WMS service, it is the layer's NAME member that is used as the name in the GetCapabilities output. The wms_name metadata has no effect on WMS servers, it is a WMS client (i.e. CONNECTIONTYPE WMS

[mapserver-users] MapServer 4.8.3: MapScript setProjection

2008-03-27 Thread Simon Greig
Hi, This is a follow up to a question a colleague asked a few weeks ago: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2008-March/054772.html To summarise: In order to improve performance in our java application that uses the mapscript API we have replaced: mapobj.setProjection("init=epsg:2

Re: [mapserver-users] upload/stream data from GPS unit?

2008-03-27 Thread Stephen Woodbridge
Bill, There are probably many solutions available depending on the various technical components that you might have in the solution. One possible solution might be something along these lines: 1) stream data to some service that you probably have to build 2) have said service load the points

Re: [mapserver-users] upload/stream data from GPS unit?

2008-03-27 Thread Bill Wordsworth
Please let's not hijack my poor thread :)! Anyway, here's my original question: "How can I upload/stream near-real-time GPS data from on-site to webserver/MapServer (MapServer 5.x can read *.gpx)?" I've been referred to http://franson.com/gpsgate/ from the usenet groups. I am looking for somethin

Rép. : [mapserver-users] Problem crea ting WMS

2008-03-27 Thread SIMON MERCIER
Hi bernardo for your layer, you need a "wms_name"... to use a getFeatureInfo you need to add (DUMP TRUE) and (TEMPLATE "../templates/todo.html")... the html file dont need to exist...! it's a good idea to specify a TOLERENCE to restrict the search in the map... and use "gml_include_items" and "ows

[mapserver-users] Re: [mapserver-dev] Build with AGG support at windows

2008-03-27 Thread thomas bonfort
Johan: * you're posting to the devellopment mailing list which is a low traffic list aimed at working on the internals of mapserver. your message belongs to the users mailing list (which I've forwarded it to) * be specific if you want people to be able to help. I happen to know your architecture,

Re: [mapserver-users] Projection Issues

2008-03-27 Thread Milo van der Linden
The problem might be that in your mapserver proj4 implementation; the epsg:20355 is missing towgs84 parameters. These parameters tell mapserver the shift that is present between the wgs84 ellipsoid and the greenwich ellipsoid. Could you check out the epsg file in your proj/nad directory; look