[mapserver-users] want plot dynamic points in map

2008-12-19 Thread muzaffar hussain
hi all i am doing project in vehicle tracking system.wat i want is ploting dynamic points in the map. if point is static means i can able to plot in particular location,my map file is mention blow *LAYER NAME 'gps_point' STATUS DEFAULT TYPE POINT FEATURE # This is where y

Re: [mapserver-users] getting error

2008-12-19 Thread muzaffar hussain
hi first i have created table in *mysql *as *testdata *which have four fields *(areaID,x,y,sampleValue)* then i have created *aqidata.ovf* which have following code mention below * MYSQL:aqiTest,user=u,password=p,host=192.170.1.100,port=3306,tables=testdata SELEC

Re: [mapserver-users] produce hardcopy maps

2008-12-19 Thread José María Michia
Thanks very much for all your responses. At first, I thought of using GMT to produce these maps. So I learned to use GMT, and I was very happy with the results. For some small details, finally, I decided to use MapServer. Saludos José María PS: I've wrote a small and simple Python script to extr

Re: [mapserver-users] produce hardcopy maps

2008-12-19 Thread pcreso
Hi, I'm currently involved in developing an application using Postgis, mapserver, OpenLayers & GMT which needs to generate interactive mapserver maps as well as maps suitable for publication in a scientific journal. The vector data is held in Postgis, with some raster backgrounds via WMS. A m

Re: [mapserver-users] produce hardcopy maps

2008-12-19 Thread Daniel Morissette
José María Michia wrote: And, what about Postcript format? Is strange to me, that MapServer does not have support for PS output format. Probably a combination of the fact that MapServer is primarily used for web browsing and not printing (contrary to PDF/SVG, PS is not exactly Web-friendl

Re: [mapserver-users] produce hardcopy maps

2008-12-19 Thread Daniel Morissette
Brent Fraser wrote: I would agree that the current implementation of PDF output is not suitable for producing printed maps. I'll be looking into fixing some of the open tickets (and other bugs I've found), and intend to add some additional FORMATOPTIONs to improve the setting of scale and

Re: [mapserver-users] produce hardcopy maps

2008-12-19 Thread José María Michia
Hi all. I'm more interested in the SVG format, rather than the PDF format. The only reason that I prefer SVG, is that this format are best for later editing in programs like Inkscape. And, what about Postcript format? Is strange to me, that MapServer does not have support for PS output format. S

Re: [mapserver-users] produce hardcopy maps

2008-12-19 Thread Brent Fraser
José, I would agree that the current implementation of PDF output is not suitable for producing printed maps. I'll be looking into fixing some of the open tickets (and other bugs I've found), and intend to add some additional FORMATOPTIONs to improve the setting of scale and resolution. Hop

[mapserver-users] produce hardcopy maps

2008-12-19 Thread José María Michia
Hi all. I have worked several days, trying to get MapServer maps in vector format (PDF, SVG), to produce printed maps. I had intended to open the maps with Inkscape, to make the final composition with this program. But I encounter many difficulties. Especially with: - scale and resolution of the

Re: [mapserver-users] pdf OUTPUT format for annotation layer not working

2008-12-19 Thread José María Michia
2008/12/19 Brent Fraser : > José, > > I ran into that problem a couple of days ago. I had a rogue COLOR object > in my LAYER: > > LAYER > NAME '082h04_1_0_TO_2520009_0' > TYPE annotation > DATA > 'C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Topo\data\vector\Canvec_50\082\H\082h04_1_0_TO_2520009_0' > STATUS DEFAU

Re: [mapserver-users] pdf OUTPUT format for annotation layer not working

2008-12-19 Thread Brent Fraser
José, I ran into that problem a couple of days ago. I had a rogue COLOR object in my LAYER: LAYER NAME '082h04_1_0_TO_2520009_0' TYPE annotation DATA 'C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Topo\data\vector\Canvec_50\082\H\082h04_1_0_TO_2520009_0' STATUS DEFAULT LABELITEM 'TOPONAME' CLASSITEM

RE: [mapserver-users] can we use variable in map file

2008-12-19 Thread Venkat Rao Tammineni
Hi, You have to create empty mapfile using point type and call the_geom form table .access data from database based on variables.For that you have to write code in your programming language. Exp C# etc. Thanks Venkat. From: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver

Re: [mapserver-users] getting error

2008-12-19 Thread Luigi Castro Cardeles
2008/12/19 muzaffar hussain > hi > > i am getting the following error if i am executing *"shp2img -m ogr.map > -o test.png"* > > *msDrawMap(): Image handling error. Failed to draw layer named 'MyAqi'. > > msOGRFileOpen(): OGR error. Open failed for OGR connection in layer > `MyAqi'. Fi > le n

[mapserver-users] can we use variable in map file

2008-12-19 Thread muzaffar hussain
hi all can we use variable in POINTS of map file.for example POINTS variable,variable usually we use constant like this POINTS 12,13 variable should get from database any one who have any idea or example code pls send it to me. thanks in advance muzaffar ___