Antwort: [mapserver-dev] PDF support wrap up...

[Brent Fraser]

Benedikt,

  I've got a few questions...

umn-ms at hydrotec.de wrote:
> 
> In some apps we create PDF with Java, XSLT an Apache/FOP.
> * Spatial and non-spatial Data in relational Database
> * Mapserver: Creates PNG-Map from Database

Do you do any labeling with Mapserver?  If so, any problems with label placement?

What is the typical size (pixels/lines) of the PNG?

> * Java: Create XML from Database
> * XSLT: Create XSL-FO from XML (links to PNG)

Is this where the Mapserver-generated PNG is integrated into the output document?

> * Apache-FOP: Create PDF from XML  (embedd PNG)
> 
> Experience:
> + Can tweak layout
> + Map with true scale

How do you ensure the PNG is rendered to a specific scale (e.g. 1:50,000)?


Thanks!
Brent Fraser