Re: [mapserver-users] python mapscript - creating vector symbols on the fly?

2008-09-24 Thread Umberto Nicoletti
David, after a quick look it seems that the API is there, although I am not entirely sure whether it is stable or tested. in pseudocode: symbol=new symbolObj() //set attributes of symbol map->symbolset.append(symbol) Regards, Umberto On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Fawcett, David <[EMAIL PRO

Re: [mapserver-users] Including a title on a map?

2008-09-24 Thread Rahkonen Jukka
Perhaps you could see if this copyright layer document points to right direction? http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/faq/copyright-layer -Jukka Rahkonen- Lähettäjä: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Puolesta Robert Sanson Lähetetty:

[mapserver-users] Displaying points on the map only for certain time period

2008-09-24 Thread ramya srinivasan
Hi, I have to display a point on the map only for 5 seconds. After 5 seconds the second point from the database should be retrieved from the database and displayed.This process continues till all the points in the database is displayed.Can anyone tell me how to do this.. Thanks. __

Re: [mapserver-users] display wind or current arrow map

2008-09-24 Thread Ron Goldman
Hi daryl, thank you for your answer. I can preprocess the netcdf to change it to direction/magnitude. but I couldn't get the SYMBOL to work with raster LAYER. My mapfile looks something like this: LAYER ... DATA "NETCDF:\test\test.nc:direction" TYPE RASTER PROCESSING "BANDS

[mapserver-users] Including a title on a map?

2008-09-24 Thread Robert Sanson
Is it possible to print a title on a map? I would like to be able to send a variable on the URL containing a string to be used as a title to embed into the returned image in a particular location. I am using Javascript to formulate a CGI request for a PDF output, using mode=map. Many thanks,

[mapserver-users] Re: mapserver-users Digest, Vol 8, Issue 81

2008-09-24 Thread Ishwari Sivagnanam
Ludovico,I had a java mapscript connection timeout problem too. Making sure that every table with feature information in PostGIS had a corresponding record in the "geometry_columns" table and then doing a Vacuum/analyze/reindex on the database, fixed my problem. If you haven't done this already the

Re: [mapserver-users] Re: Transparency via WMS request?

2008-09-24 Thread Roger André
Sorry, but I can't test that. I don't have pdf support compiled into this version of Mapserver. I did get transparency to work using the AGG driver by altering my OUTPUTFORMAT to look like this: OUTPUTFORMAT NAME 'AGGA' DRIVER AGG/PNG IMAGEMODE RGBA EXTENSION "png" FORMATOPTION "

[mapserver-users] Re: Transparency via WMS request?

2008-09-24 Thread Robert Sanson
Is it possible to get layer transparency when outputformat=PDF? Thanks, Robert Sanson >>> "Roger André" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 25/09/2008 10:36 a.m. >>> Thanks to some help from a fellow GIS developer, I think I've narrowed the problem down to the OUTPUTFORMAT section of my mapfile. Changing fro

[mapserver-users] Re: Transparency via WMS request?

2008-09-24 Thread Roger André
Thanks to some help from a fellow GIS developer, I think I've narrowed the problem down to the OUTPUTFORMAT section of my mapfile. Changing from the AGG to GD driver seemed to take care of the problem. Will need to do some additional futzing to see if I can get it working with AGG. -- On Wed,

Re: [mapserver-users] shade a county

2008-09-24 Thread Steve Lime
A query map will do this. That is you do a point search with map output (mode=querymap) or mode=query with queryformat (in the mapfile) set to your favorite image type (e.g. PNG, PNG24, AGGPNG24, etc...). Steve >>> Mark Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/23/08 11:16 AM >>> I have a shapefile of type

[mapserver-users] Transparency via WMS request?

2008-09-24 Thread Roger André
Ok, this is driving me bonkers. I have a raster image with nodata values set to be transparent. When I make requests to this layer in "mode=map", it works beautifully, and the nodata values are transparent. - http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/var/www/mapfiles/temp/temp.map&mode=map However,

[mapserver-users] python mapscript - creating vector symbols on the fly?

2008-09-24 Thread Fawcett, David
In Python mapscript, is it possible to construct a vector symbol, like a circle, without referencing a mapfile or a symbolset file? Essentially, build this in code: SYMBOL NAME 'circle' TYPE ELLIPSE POINTS 1 1 END FILLED TRUE END If so, a few lines of code would be greatly appreciated.

[mapserver-users] can't derive the projection for a geotiff in Guatemala

2008-09-24 Thread John Mitchell
Hi, I am having difficulty deriving the EPSG code/projection/Coordinate System for a geotiff in Guatemala. Any help would be appreciated. Below is the gdalinfo listing: Driver: GTiff/GeoTIFF Size is 11214, 7860 Coordinate System is `' Origin = (317049.000,1659460.000) Pi

[mapserver-users] OGR/PHP Consultant sought - Uprade to existing application

2008-09-24 Thread Austin Donaghy
My late son (Phil Donaghy) built an application using OGR in PHP using MS4W that plots points using address information. We use this application for 911 data to pinpoint the address. We now wish to extend this to use this same application to plot a point given a Lat/Long for both 911 Phase II dat

Re: [mapserver-users] transparent pixmaps in python mapscripts

2008-09-24 Thread Dan Little
It would be three step process. 1) Generate the image. 2) Perform the clipping. 3) Over lay the new clipped image onto the Aerial. It would require two Mapscript calls to generate images (one for the overlay and one for the aerial) but it would let the solution work. If you need any code I've

Re: [mapserver-users] scalebar - control units based on scale?

2008-09-24 Thread Steve Lime
Hi Mark: There's no easy way in MapServer. The way I'd do it would be to intervene on the client side and change calls to MapServer to use scalebar units in feet instead of miles once you cross a scale threshold. You can do that by appending map.scalebar=units%20feet to the URLs. Steve >>> "Mark

Re: [mapserver-users] query case insensitive

2008-09-24 Thread Steve Lime
Use the *~ operator as described at: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/functions-matching.html Steve >>> "Sven Schroeter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/24/08 5:12 AM >>> Hi all, I'm using the queryByAttributes-function of PHP-Mapscript with the LIKE (~) operator for strings (out of a POSTGI

RE: [mapserver-users] transparent pixmaps in python mapscripts

2008-09-24 Thread Fawcett, David
Thanks Dan, I am plopping it on an air photo, so I don't think that your approach will work. David. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Little Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 10:02 AM To: Daniel Morissette; Fawcett, David Cc: mapserv

RE: [mapserver-users] transparent pixmaps in python mapscripts

2008-09-24 Thread Fawcett, David
Thanks Daniel, I am not calling layer.draw(), just map.draw(). David. -Original Message- From: Daniel Morissette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:45 AM To: Fawcett, David Cc: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] transparent pixma

[mapserver-users] scalebar - control units based on scale?

2008-09-24 Thread Mark Volz
Hello, Is there a way to use the current scale to control the units used on the scalebar? For example I would like the scalebar to display * 100 feet instead of .019 miles when I am zoomed in * 12 miles instead of 63000 feet when I am zoomed out Mark Volz GIS Specialist

Re: [mapserver-users] RE:mapserver + MS SQL

2008-09-24 Thread Ivan Mincik
Does OGR understand MS SQL Spatial geometry ? On Wednesday 24 September 2008 18:26, you wrote: > Hi, > > First thing that comes into my mind is the good old STATUS ON thing. LAYER > ON in mapfile means that the layer can be requested, but not that it is > automatically included in a map. STA

Re: [mapserver-users] RE:mapserver + MS SQL

2008-09-24 Thread Ivan Mincik
On Wednesday 24 September 2008 18:56, you wrote: > Hi, > > >> First thing that comes into my mind is the good old STATUS ON thing. > >> LAYER ON in mapfile means that the layer can be requested, but not that it > >> is automatically included in a map. STATUS DEFAULT includes it automatic. > >

Re: [mapserver-users] RE:mapserver + MS SQL

2008-09-24 Thread Rahkonen Jukka
Hi, >> First thing that comes into my mind is the good old STATUS ON thing. LAYER >> ON in mapfile means that the layer can be requested, but not that it is >> automatically included in a map. STATUS DEFAULT includes it automatic. Try >> what happens if you use: >> >> shp2img -m test.map -

[mapserver-users] RE:mapserver + MS SQL

2008-09-24 Thread Ivan Mincik
> Hi, > > First thing that comes into my mind is the good old STATUS ON thing. LAYER > ON in mapfile means that the layer can be requested, but not that it is > automatically included in a map. STATUS DEFAULT includes it automatic. Try > what happens if you use: > > shp2img -m test.map -

Re: [mapserver-users] RE:mapserver + MS SQL

2008-09-24 Thread Rahkonen Jukka
Hi, First thing that comes into my mind is the good old STATUS ON thing. LAYER ON in mapfile means that the layer can be requested, but not that it is automatically included in a map. STATUS DEFAULT includes it automatic. Try what happens if you use: shp2img -m test.map -l ku2 -o test.png

[mapserver-users] RE:mapserver + MS SQL

2008-09-24 Thread Ivan Mincik
I have started testing OGR ODBC connection from linux to MS SQL on win. There is polygon layer at MS SQL. *** I have configured ovf file: ODBC:test/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wkbPolygon select geom from ku2 *** With ogrinfo -ro -al test.ovf I get: OGRFeature(k

Re: [mapserver-users] transparent pixmaps in python mapscripts

2008-09-24 Thread Dan Little
You could render the map with a known background color, and then use PIL to create a transparent GIF from the image. If you can use white as the bg color then you can convert the image to a 2 color bitmap in memory, and then use it as a mask to perform the transparency composition. - Ori

Re: [mapserver-users] Metadata Hashtable

2008-09-24 Thread jeff
Steve, Ticket #2773 Methods to expose the metadata hashtable in mapscript/swiginc/hashtable.i need to be ported to php-mapscript to provide for a $hash = $layer->{metadata} hashtableObj. Thanks for your advice. Jeff Quoting Stephen Woodbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Jeff, Did you write a b

Re: [mapserver-users] Metadata Hashtable

2008-09-24 Thread Stephen Woodbridge
Jeff, Did you write a bug for this? What bug number? Thanks, -Steve W Jeff Hamm wrote: Thanks Steve. Its finding the $hash I haven't got a handle on. $oLayer->getMetaData("") wants a parameter key. $oLayer->{metadata} returns nothing. How do I grab the metadata hashtable itself? Ticket #439

Re: [mapserver-users] transparent pixmaps in python mapscripts

2008-09-24 Thread Daniel Morissette
David, TRANSPARENCY ALPHA works only between layers drawn using map.draw() in a single pass. If you call layer.draw() for each layer in a loop in your script then TRANSPARENCY ALPHA has no effect and that could explain the problem you are encountering. Daniel Fawcett, David wrote: I am usi

Re: [mapserver-users] display wind or current arrow map

2008-09-24 Thread akrherz
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Ron Goldman wrote: I have a netcdf containing the Lon/Lat components of winds and currents and I want to display them on an arrow map. Is there a way to do this? so far I only found a way to do this for point shapefiles, but my data is composed of two rasters. any suggesti

[mapserver-users] display wind or current arrow map

2008-09-24 Thread Ron Goldman
Dear MapServer Users, I have a netcdf containing the Lon/Lat components of winds and currents and I want to display them on an arrow map. Is there a way to do this? so far I only found a way to do this for point shapefiles, but my data is composed of two rasters. any suggestions would be great

[mapserver-users] For everyone who is not at the FOSS4G - Intergeo 2008 (Germany)

2008-09-24 Thread Stephan Holl
Hello, [Sorry for crossposting] Open Source Park at Intergeo 2008 Intergeo is the world's largest event and communication platform for geodesy, geoinformation and land management. The trade fair and conference cover all the key trends that crop up along the entire value-added chain -- from ge

[mapserver-users] query case insensitive

2008-09-24 Thread Sven Schroeter
Hi all, I'm using the queryByAttributes-function of PHP-Mapscript with the LIKE (~) operator for strings (out of a POSTGIS-table): $queryString = "nom_bande ~ 'WT'"; $queryItem = "nom_bande"; @$datQuery = $layer->queryByAttributes($queryitem,$queryString,MS_MULTIPLE); Every dataset that conta

Re: [MAPSERVER-USERS] Mapserver and GDB files

2008-09-24 Thread Pål Kristensen
Of course, I will send you a sample later today. I have to use ArcGIS 9.3 to do the export, hope this is OK? Regards, Pål Kristensen Paul Ramsey-3 wrote: > > Anyone have a small piece of data in the new-fangled FGDB file format > they are willing to send me? > > P > -- View this message in

Re: [mapserver-users] Integration with CSW

2008-09-24 Thread Iratxe Lejarreta
On Tuesday 23 September 2008 16:26:32 Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] wrote: > If you're asking whether MapServer can act as a CSW server, it cannot. > > MapServer can, however, publish a variety of OWS (WMS, WFS, WCS, SOS), > which a CSW can harvest metadata from and publish for discovery. > > So your b

Re: [mapserver-users] Scalability

2008-09-24 Thread Iratxe Lejarreta
On Tuesday 23 September 2008 17:04:33 Paul Ramsey wrote: > Like Apache, Mapserver handles parallel requests by running multiple > copies. In FastCGI mode, those copies are long-running daemons. In > standard CGI mode, those copies are one-time affairs -- one run per > request. > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2