[mapserver-users] Getting mapserver running on Mac OS X

[Alex Rice]

On Wednesday, July 17, 2002, at 07:01  AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
>
> % setenv CFLAGS "-I/sw/include"
> % setenv LIBS "-L/sw/libs"
>
> I think this mechanism will essentially extend the basic search path for
> include files and libraries to include the /sw tree.  Let me know if you
> learn a cleaner mechanism for doing the same.

Hi Frank! A great suggestion, but didn't work. Configure still says it 
cannot find JPeg and GD. I am surprised that it did not. The configure 
script really seems to want to have a different directory layout than I 
have with this fink install.  It wants to have an "install directory" 
for these supporting components, when all I have is lib/ and include/ 
Here is a strange workaround I just thought of.

% sudo cp -R /sw/lib/* /sw/include/* /sw/pile
% ./configure --with-postgis=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config --with-
jpeg=/sw/pile --with-png=/sw/pile --with-freetype=/sw/pile --with-
gd=/sw/pile

My compile works now!

> PS. On the MapServer with Cocoa as output.  Using a mechanism similar 
> to what
> has been done for SWF it should be able to establish Cocoa as an 
> "output format"
> for MapServer.  Would you be using Cocoa to render to an "off screen 
> bitmap"
> that would still be used for serving maps, or would you be using it to 
> render
> on screen with the intention of using it as a rendering component for a 
> GIS
> viewing application

It would probably just be rendering for a web client to consume via 
mapserver, but I've also thought about a standalone Cocoa application 
with a GUI for previewing/rendering maybe even manipulating OpenGIS 
content.

> If it would be for off-screen rendering of stuff to be served normally 
> the
> job shouldn't be too bad, but I think you would find it difficult to 
> remove
> GD dependencies cleanly - and likely not worth the trouble.

OK, thanks for the tips. I'll check out the Flash work that's been done 
for some ideas.

Alex Rice, Software Developer
Architectural Research Consultants, Inc.
alex_rice at arc.to
alrice at swcp.com