[mapserver-users] MapServer CGI 5.6.6 and MapServer CGI 6.0.2 image quality varies.

[thomas bonfort]

how are you requesting the image ?

you can add this to your mapfile:

outputformat
  name "aggjpeg"
  driver "AGG/JPEG"
  mimetype "image/jpeg"
  imagemode rgb
end



On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 06:47, Chandrakant Dinni
<chandrakant.dinni at edurite.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The attached images are from same map files (bluemarble imagery from
> http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=57752) .
>
> 1)Improper_Mapserver5.6.6.JPG the colours are not smooth,the picture
> is pixellated in Mapserver 5.6.6
> 2) Proper_Mapserver6.0.2.JPG  the colours are smooth in Mapserver 6.0.2.
>
> How can I make the image show properly in 5.6.6, what makes the difference ?
> Tried using untiled images but the result is the same in 5.6.6.There
> could me some mapserver setting or preprocessing to be done on image
> files.
>
> Right now I am doing only this to get the final images.
> gdal_translate -co TILED=YES land_shallow_topo_8192.tif
> land_shallow_topo_8192_TILED.tif
> gdaladdo --config GDAL_CACHEMAX 1500 -r average
> land_shallow_topo_8192_TILED.tif 4 8 16 32 64 128 256
>
> Also any know any better\more detailed sources for public domain atlas
> images,I am also using http://www.naturalearthdata.com/ as a source of
> data.
> Thanks in advance....I am planning to use Mapserver 5.6.6 because the
> Fusion JavaScript Client is compatible with 5.6.6.
don't know the specifics of fusion, but if it's javascript only I
don't think it wouldn't work with 6.0.

regards,
thomas

>
> I am using ms4w for testing ,though final server will be on linux.
> Below is the map file.
>
> MAP
>     NAME "BlueMarble"
> PROJECTION
> # "init=EPSG:4326"
> "proj=latlong"
> END
>     STATUS ON
>     SIZE 10800 5400
>     EXTENT -180 -90 180 90
>
>     UNITS DD
>     SHAPEPATH "../NaturalEarth"
> # don't need background colour
>     # IMAGECOLOR 128 128 255
>
>     #
>     # Start of web interface definition
>     #
>     WEB
>         IMAGEPATH "/ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/"
>         IMAGEURL "/ms_tmp/"
> METADATA
> "wms_title"           "WMS Server"
> "wms_onlineresource"
> "http://172.16.1.126/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/ms4w/data/mapfiles/bluemarble.map&"
> "wms_extent"  "-180 -90 180 90"
> "wms_enable_request"  "*"
> END
>     END # WEB
>
> LAYER
>      NAME "NasaBlueMarbleOffline"
>      DATA "./bluemarble/land_shallow_topo_8192_TILED.tif"
> STATUS ON
>      TYPE RASTER
>      PROJECTION
>        "proj=latlong"
>      END
>
>      METADATA
> "wms_srs"             "EPSG:4269 EPSG:4326"
>        "wms_title" "Nasa Blue Marble Offline"
>      END
> END
> LAYER
> NAME "world_land"
> DATA "./50m_physical/50m_land.shp"
> STATUS OFF
> TYPE POLYGON
> OPACITY 100
> CLASS
> NAME 'Land Outline'
> STYLE
> OUTLINECOLOR 184  138  0
> END # STYLE
> END # CLASS
> METADATA
> "wms_title" "Land Outline"
> END
> END # LAYER
> LAYER
> NAME "world_freshwater_bodies"
> DATA "./50m_physical/50m_rivers_lake_centerlines.shp"
> STATUS OFF
> TYPE LINE
> OPACITY 100
> CLASS
> NAME 'Fresh Water Bodies'
> STYLE
> OUTLINECOLOR 51  102  255
> END # STYLE
> END # CLASS
> METADATA
> "wms_srs"             "EPSG:4269 EPSG:4326"
> "wms_title" "Freshwater Bodies Of The World"
> END
> END # LAYER
> LAYER
> NAME "world_lakes"
> DATA "./50m_physical/50m_lakes.shp"
> STATUS OFF
> TYPE POLYGON
> OPACITY 100
> CLASS
> NAME 'Lakes'
> STYLE
> COLOR 0 61 245
> END # STYLE
> END # CLASS
> METADATA
> "wms_srs"             "EPSG:4269 EPSG:4326"
> "wms_title" "Lakes Of The World"
> END
> END # LAYER
> LAYER
> NAME "geographic_points"
> DATA "./50m_physical/50m_geography_regions_points.shp"
> STATUS OFF
> TYPE POINT
> OPACITY 50
> CLASS
> LABEL
> COLOR  0 0 0
> OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
> FONT "sans"
> TYPE truetype
> SIZE 6
> POSITION AUTO
> PARTIALS FALSE
> END
> END # CLASS
> METADATA
> "wms_srs"             "EPSG:4269 EPSG:4326"
> "wms_title" "Major Geographic Points"
> END
> END # LAYER
> LAYER
> NAME "countries"
> DATA "./country2007/cntry07_econ.shp"
> STATUS OFF
> TYPE POLYGON
> CLASS
> NAME 'The Countries Of The World'
> STYLE
> OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
> END # STYLE
> END # CLASS
> METADATA
> "wms_srs"             "EPSG:4269 EPSG:4326"
> "wms_title" "The Countries Of The World"
> END
> END # LAYER
> LAYER
> NAME "state_lines_usa"
> DATA "./50m_cultural/ne_50m_admin_1_states_provinces_shp.shp"
> STATUS OFF
> TYPE POLYGON
> CLASS
> NAME 'States Lines USA'
> STYLE
> OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
> END # STYLE
> END # CLASS
> METADATA
> "wms_title" "States Lines USA"
> END
> END # LAYER
> LAYER
> NAME "urban_areas"
> DATA "./50m_cultural/ne_50m_urban_areas.shp"
> STATUS OFF
> TYPE POLYGON
> CLASS
> NAME 'Urban Areas'
> STYLE
> OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
> END # STYLE
> END # CLASS
> METADATA
> "wms_title" "Urban Areas"
> END
> END # LAYER
> #LAYER
> # NAME "populated_places"
> # DATA "./50m_cultural/ne_50m_populated_places.shp"
> # STATUS OFF
> # TYPE POINT
> #
> #
> # METADATA
> # "wms_title" "Populated Places"
> # END
> #
> #END # LAYER
>
>
> END # MAP
>
> Regards,
> Dinni.
>
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