[mapserver-users] Mapserver GRID in degrees decimal minutes format

[Pedro Venâncio]

Hi Jeff,

Thank you very much!

Do you think it would be a good improvement to GRIDs? Should we open a
feature request?

Best regards,
Pedro



2017-03-08 22:55 GMT+00:00 Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>:

> Hi Pedro,
>
> Actually I tried yesterday with that same world countries mapfile that was
> used in the map images for the examples in the documentation, and I was
> unsuccessful for your exact requirements.  (but I did notice a mistake on
> that documentation page and fixed it yesterday!)  So your question helped
> improve the documentation, but I am sorry to report that I don't believe it
> is possible with MapServer.
>
>
> -jeff
>
>
> --
> Jeff McKenna
> MapServer Consulting and Training Services
> http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/
>
>
> On 2017-03-08 6:42 PM, Pedro Venâncio wrote:
>
>> Hi Carlos,
>>
>> Using C-style formatting string, I can only use %g, %f, etc., but it is
>> applied to Degrees component.
>>
>> What I need is something like "%gº %3.2f", in whitch %gº is for the
>> Degrees, and %3.2f for the decimal Minutes.
>>
>> Unfortunately, LABELFORMAT "DDMM" gives only the integer part of Degrees
>> and Minutes.
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Pedro
>>
>>
>>
>> 2017-03-08 2:46 GMT+00:00 Carlos Ruiz <boolean10001 at yahoo.com
>> <mailto:boolean10001 at yahoo.com>>:
>>
>>     Well, current Mapserver documentation guide says the following:
>>
>>     LABELFORMAT [DD|DDMM|DDMMSS|C format string]
>>
>>         Format of the label. “DD” for degrees, “DDMM” for degrees
>>         minutes, and “DDMMSS” for degrees, minutes, seconds. *A C-style
>>         formatting string is also allowed, such as “%g°” to show decimal
>>         degrees with a degree symbol. The default is decimal display of
>>         whatever SRS you’re rendering the GRID with.*
>>
>>     This sounds like that is what you are looking for.
>>
>>     Cheers
>>
>>     ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ------------
>>     *From:* Pedro Venâncio <pedrongvenancio at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:pedrongvenancio at gmail.com>>
>>     *To:* mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
>>     <mailto:mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org>
>>     *Sent:* Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:42 AM
>>     *Subject:* [mapserver-users] Mapserver GRID in degrees decimal
>>     minutes format
>>
>>     Hi all,
>>
>>     I would like to use a GRID [0], but in degrees decimal minutes
>>     LABELFORMAT. Something like:
>>     40 46.817 -7 4.327
>>
>>     Is this somehow possible in actual Mapserver version?
>>
>>     Thank you very much!
>>
>>     Best regards,
>>     Pedro Venâncio
>>
>>     [0] http://mapserver.org/mapfile/grid.html
>>     <http://mapserver.org/mapfile/grid.html>
>>
>
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