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

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Pedro, Steve,

I was quiet on answering because I'm just not sure how common this use 
case is.

-jeff



-- 
Jeff McKenna
MapServer Consulting and Training Services
http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/



On 2017-03-09 5:36 AM, Pedro Venâncio wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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/ <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>
>         <mailto: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>
>             <mailto:pedrongvenancio at gmail.com
>         <mailto:pedrongvenancio at gmail.com>>>
>             *To:* mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
>         <mailto:mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org>
>             <mailto: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>
>             <http://mapserver.org/mapfile/grid.html
>         <http://mapserver.org/mapfile/grid.html>>
>
>
>