[mapserver-users] moving points using wms layer

2009-04-10 Thread new2ms4w
Hello list, I want to display moving points on a map using a WMS layer. Currently I'm only able to add static points on to the map. Can you tell me how do I get them to move from one (lon, lat) to other. Does Mapserver even support it? One way of doing that could be to refresh the map every

Re: [mapserver-users] label display stops abruptly

2009-04-06 Thread new2ms4w
Hello, I've tried out both the options suggested above and none of them work. If I use OpenLayers.Layer.MapServer.Untiled, then this problem doesn't occur. But ofcourse, I want to have the cool tiling effect. I'm using Mapserver 5.2.1 with OpenLayers. My data consists of only linear

[mapserver-users] display huge number of moving objects

2009-04-01 Thread new2ms4w
Hi All, I used Mapserver along with OpenLayers to generate moving objects and display them on roads in Minnesota map. I was using the OL to show the objects on the map and to move them to the next coordinate. (I update coordinates of point every 1 second.) We want to make this functionality

[mapserver-users] display road data properly

2009-03-10 Thread new2ms4w
Hi All, I'm using road data from the US census bureau website to display the maps and keep the moving objects on them. It basically shows up as follows. http://n2.nabble.com/file/n2459780/badroad1.jpg What should I do to display the road data in a professional way like this:

[mapserver-users] newbie mapserver question

2009-02-08 Thread new2ms4w
Hello Everyone, I've very recently started working on a project to display some moving objects on a road network in the map. I would like to (dynamically) display moving objects on a road map. I got the mapserver up and running on my machine and have read some documentation from the mapserver