FW: [Mapserver-users] Random Issues
Benjamin Wragg
bwragg at tpg.com.au
Mon Feb 24 23:18:00 EST 2003
Will
Benjamin Wragg wrote:
> Hi Will,
>
> For question 2 on Railroads, there was something recently on the list
> regarding this. Check out
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/data2/wilma/mapserver-users/0302/msg00317
> .h
> tml
>
> Cheers,
>
> Benjamin Wragg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu
> [mailto:mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu] On Behalf Of William
> Carty
> Sent: Tuesday, 25 February 2003 11:54 AM
> To: Mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: [Mapserver-users] Random Issues
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm not a GIS person, but I'm trying my best :)
>
> For the past few weeks, I've been working on getting the phpGIS
> (http://www.phpgis.org) application up & running for our county GIS
> department. This app uses mapscript as the backend.
>
> In deploying & testing I've run across a few issues I'd like to bring
> up
>
> here. I've done (or am doing) my best to find an answer on my own,
> but
> obviously haven't in every case...
>
> 1. "MapServer Error in msDrawShape":
>
> I'm having a problem with one of my layers (roads). The layer
> is
> a line shape & does not work at the full extent of the map (zoomed all
> the way out). When I try to view this layer at the full extent, I get
> the error: "Warning: MapServer Error in msDrawShape(): Only polygon or
> line shapes can be drawn using a line layer definition." Now, if I
set
> the MAXSCALE attribute in the map file so that the roads layer is only
> visible after zooming in, the layer works fine. Also, if I change the
> layer to a point instead of line, it works fine at any extent.
>
> Based on what I've read in the archives, it looks like others have had
> this problem. The fix I've read about has been to "clean up" the
> arcview shapefile. I've had our GIS folks "clean it up" as much as
they
>
> say they can, but the problem still exists. Is there anything else I
> can do to get around this? I really want to have the roads displayed
at
>
> the full extent, but don't want to have to use a point layer.
>
>
> 2. Railroads
>
> This may seem like a silly question, but what sort of symbols /
> images do you folks use to represent railroad tracks? I've tried
making
>
> a few symbols by hand, but nothing looks quite right :). I'd rather
> not
>
> use a regular line, I'd rather have railroad tracks.
>
>
> 3. Fonts / Labels
>
> I'm still reading the how-to's, but I thought I'd go ahead &
> throw
> this one out. So far as I can tell, there isn't much I need to do to
> get fonts to work for text labels. Basically copy them over, create
the
>
> fontlist file & then create the pointer in the map file. Is this
> basically correct, or are there any gotchas I should watch out for
when
> setting this up? (On a Linux box)
>
> Think that's about it for now.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Will
>
> William Carty
> Washington County Virginia
> Webmaster
> Department of Information Technology
>
>
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> Subject:
> RE: [Mapserver-users] Train line
> From:
> "Lowther, David W" <dlowther at ou.edu>
> Date:
> Fri, 14 Feb 2003 01:57:06 +1030
> To:
> <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
>
>
> RE: [Mapserver-users] Train line
> I'd been needing a RR symbol (although not bad enough to mess with it)
> and this takes care of me. Next time someone looks in the archives
> (unless this is already there) I think they will be pleased. Thanks
> Dave
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Paul Ramsey [
>
> mailto:pramsey at refractions.net
> ]
>
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 3:17 PM
>>To: Martin, Daniel
>>Cc: 'Juanse'; mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
>>Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] Train line
>>
>>
>>Daniel is correct. There is no way to get the actual hatched-line rail
>>symbol.
>>
>>However.
>>
>>Here is a half-assed approximation. By overlaying a 3-pixel dot on a
>>one-pixel line every 7 pixels you get something which looks somewhat
>>like the classic train symbology.
>>
>>CLASS
>> NAME "Rail Lines"
>> COLOR 0 0 0
>> OVERLAYSYMBOL dashed2
>> OVERLAYCOLOR 0 0 0
>> OVERLAYSIZE 3
>>END
>>
>>SYMBOL
>> NAME "dashed2"
>> TYPE ellipse
>> POINTS
>> 1 1
>> END
>> STYLE
>> 1 7
>> END
>>END
>>
>>Martin, Daniel wrote:
>>
>>>Not to shirk you off, but I would suggest searching the
>>
>>mail archives
>>
>>>for the word "train". The subject has been discussed several times
>>>before, and several attempted solutions were mentioned.
>>
>>Though, I'm
>>
>>>quite sure the answer has come back every time as "no". I believe
>>>that with the current version of MapServer there is no good way to
>>>achieve the classic train symbology.
>>>
>>>-Dan Martin
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Juanse [
>
> mailto:georef at tie.cl
> ]
>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:38 PM
>>>To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
>>>Subject: [Mapserver-users] Train line
>>>
>>>
>>>Any one have drawn a train line? the clasical black
>>>----+----+---+---+---+ more or less? or a better one? can you share
>>>the symbol? is there a url to see posibilities?
>>>
>>>juanse
>>>temuko-Chile
>>>
>>>
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> Subject:
> Re: [Mapserver-users] Train line
> From:
> "Paul Ramsey" <pramsey at refractions.net>
> Date:
> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 07:46:42 +1030
> To:
> "Martin, Daniel" <DMartin at erac.com>
>
>
> Re: [Mapserver-users] Train line
> Daniel is correct. There is no way to get the actual hatched-line rail
> symbol. However.
> Here is a half-assed approximation. By overlaying a 3-pixel dot on a
> one-pixel line every 7 pixels you get something which looks somewhat
> like the classic train symbology.
> CLASS
> NAME "Rail Lines"
> COLOR 0 0 0
> OVERLAYSYMBOL dashed2
> OVERLAYCOLOR 0 0 0
> OVERLAYSIZE 3
> END
> SYMBOL
> NAME "dashed2"
> TYPE ellipse
> POINTS
> 1 1
> END
> STYLE
> 1 7
> END
> END
> Martin, Daniel wrote:
>
>>Not to shirk you off, but I would suggest searching the mail archives
>>for the word "train". The subject has been discussed several times
>>before, and several attempted solutions were mentioned. Though, I'm
>>quite sure the answer has come back every time as "no". I believe
>>that with the current version of MapServer there is no good way to
>>achieve the classic train symbology.
>>
>>-Dan Martin
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Juanse [
>
> mailto:georef at tie.cl
> ]
>
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:38 PM
>>To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
>>Subject: [Mapserver-users] Train line
>>
>>
>>Any one have drawn a train line? the clasical black
>>----+----+---+---+---+ more or less? or a better one? can you share
>>the symbol? is there a url to see posibilities?
>>
>>juanse
>>temuko-Chile
>>
>>
>>
>>---
>>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
>>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (
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> http://www.grisoft.com
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