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All,<br>
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I could do something for collecting the data with perl, haven't worked
with PDF output yet though.<br>
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bobb<br>
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Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Not a bad idea Bob. I'd also like to take it a step further and have
some basic web forms that help to create the flyers so that no software
is required on the client - e.g. enter the info, press create and
download a PDF. Anyone want to help put their CGI and PDF lib skills
into this kind of thing? It could even be used for creating business
cards, etc.
On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 08:38 -0500, Bob Basques wrote:
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<pre wrap="">All,
OK, probably a weird idea, but. . . . while looking for the brochure
mentioned here (only found the old one so far . . .came into the
thread in the middle) . . .a thought occurred to me. Why not make
this project brochure creation thing a step in the incubation
process. Use some sort of basic template and each project has it's
own brochure.
bobb
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<pre wrap="">Lars Lingner <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ml@lingner.eu"><ml@lingner.eu></a> wrote:
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Steve Lime schrieb:
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<pre wrap="">Hi Lars, thanks for working up an updated brochure, looking at the
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<pre wrap="">old one
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<pre wrap="">it could use it. Some comments...
- I think I'd avoid the MapServer website screen shot in favor of
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<pre wrap="">another
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<pre wrap="">app. The website text features the security fix announcements which
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<pre wrap="">while
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<pre wrap="">a reality in a project aren't marketing friendly. I can offer a
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<pre wrap="">couple of sites
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<pre wrap="">as could others I bet. I like your example, nice and colorful.
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<pre wrap="">If someone could point me to MapServer powered sites, I'll update the
screenshot in the flyer.
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<pre wrap=""> - Perhaps the screen shots could be a bit taller, more of a square
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<pre wrap="">aspect
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<pre wrap="">ratio?
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<pre wrap="">Ok, I'll take a further look.
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<pre wrap=""> - Under features it might make sense to highlight output options:
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<pre wrap="">all sorts
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<pre wrap="">of raster images, PDF, SWF, SVG and templated text
- Might include input and the new output plugin architectures as
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<pre wrap="">features
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<pre wrap=""> - The "Leverages best-of-breed" sentence could be reworked to say
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<pre wrap="">we
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<pre wrap="">leverage other OSGeo projects including GDAL, GEOS, PostGIS and
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<pre wrap="">Proj.4. I
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<pre wrap="">think we should really emphasize the reliance on other OSGeo
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<pre wrap="">projects.
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<pre wrap=""> - In the last feature sentence I think MapBuilder can be removed.
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<pre wrap="">There are
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<pre wrap="">some frameworks specific to (or that at least favor) MapServer (e.g.
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<pre wrap="">p.mapper
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<pre wrap="">and GeoMoose) that could get some love here...
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<pre wrap="">Thanks for this info. I'm putting it in.
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<pre wrap="">I think the 5.6 features are performance centric (raster rendering
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<pre wrap="">improvements,
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<pre wrap="">single pass, etc...). The 6.0 release *should* have a more
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<pre wrap="">output-based focus
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<pre wrap="">with full support for the rendering plugin, new object structures
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<pre wrap="">including
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<pre wrap="">references, better SLD support, styles within labels and so on. XML
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<pre wrap="">mapfiles
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<pre wrap="">will be in 5.6. It's important to note that XML mapfiles allow users
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<pre wrap="">to define
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<pre wrap="">a configuration in XML but you must transform it to a .map file for
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<pre wrap="">use. I hope
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<pre wrap="">that might really have an impact on wysiwyg editors eventually.
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<pre wrap="">Sounds like an interesting roadmap, I'll spread the word... ;)
Lars
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