[mapserver-users] problem with demo

[Ed McNierney]

Puneet et al. -

Just to be completely accurate here, there's nothing illegal about using
GD with GIF support, as long as you have a license from Unisys.  They
have licensing programs that are specifically suited for use with
applications like MapServer.

You may not like their licensing terms, and you might not WANT to do
that, but you certainly CAN do it if you're interested and willing.

	- Ed (a Unisys licensee, but NOT for MapServer...)

Ed McNierney
Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com
ed at topozone.com
(978) 251-4242


-----Original Message-----
From: Puneet Kishor [mailto:pkishor at GeoAnalytics.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 1:22 PM
To: 'Stephen Lime'; mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu;
joao at pmpf.rs.gov.br
Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] problem with demo



> MapServer DOES do GIFs if you nab the patched version of GD 
> 1.8.4 from the folks in
> Australia. - Steve


which, I think is legal only in Australia. :-). Here Stateside (and
perhaps
elsewhere too), gd with Gif support is illegal per Unisys, not that I'm
tellin' em... buggers! They couldn't make money selling crappy computers
so
they reckon nickel-n-diming web users would fatten their bottomline.
They
should fire that guy with the computer monitor on his head.

Thanks,

pk/


> 
> Stephen Lime
> Data & Applications Manager
> 
> Minnesota DNR
> 500 Lafayette Road
> St. Paul, MN 55155
> 651-297-2937
> 
> >>> Puneet Kishor <pkishor at GeoAnalytics.com> 01/02/02 11:58AM >>>
> Joao,
> 
> Mapserver 3.5 is built with PNG support. Can't display GIFs. 
> Remove all the
> refs to GIFs or better yet, get a graphics program and 
> convert the GIFs to
> PNGs and replace the references with the correct name.
> 
> To those who maintain the Itasca demo. Please remove the refs 
> to GIFs from
> the map file if it is being offered for use with Mapserver 
> 3.5. Having GIFs
> there doesn't serve any purpose if Mapserver doesn't do GIFs, 
> and it is very
> confusing for a beginner.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> pk/
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: joao at pmpf.rs.gov.br [mailto:joao at pmpf.rs.gov.br] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 9:52 AM
> > To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu 
> > Subject: [mapserver-users] problem with demo
> > 
> > 
> > I had dowload the demo for version 3.5 (itasca). I had 
> > istalled but it steel
> > returning this error:
> > 
> > msLoadMap(): General error message. Undefined symbol 
> > "symbols/ctyhwy.gif" in
> > class 0 of layer ctyrdln3_anno.
> > 
> > all the gif references are not working.
> > What shold i do to fix this erros?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > João.
> > 
> > -- 
> > www.pmpf.rs.gov.br 
> > 
> > 
> > 
>