[Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.
Brent Fraser
bfraser at geoanalytic.com
Mon Nov 23 20:01:48 EST 2009
Try copying shp2img into the cgi-bin dir and run it from the command line
> When I try to run shp2img an error message which says libmap.dll is
> missing shows up, but thats not true- libmap.dll exists in apache/cgi-bin.
> I guess may need to reinstall? Cheers.
>
>> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:20:02 -0700
>> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.
>> From: bfraser at geoanalytic.com
>> To: franzzoa at hotmail.com
>> CC: geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>
>> Yikes! That usually means mapserver crashed. Try using the mapserver's
>> shp2img.exe on the command line with your map file to see if the
>> operating
>> system gives any more information (like missing DLLs).
>>
>>
>> > I've managed to check both error reports but the message in them is
>> not
>> > specific. Eg- from the mozilla tools, internal server error, and from
>> use
>> > error log, premature end of script headers (not sure what this means
>> > though). Any ideas why my label will not follow the line direction?
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:37:57 -0800
>> > From: danlittle at yahoo.com
>> > Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.
>> > To: franzzoa at hotmail.com; geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I find using Firefox's "Tools" -> "page Info" menu then looking in the
>> > media tab to be the easiest way to go.
>> >
>> > You'll scroll down the list until you see the URL that refers to the
>> image
>> > (which should be in italics to indicate it is "broken"), then copy the
>> url
>> > and open it up in a new tab/window.
>> >
>> > From: FRANZ OKYERE <franzzoa at hotmail.com>
>> > To: geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> > Sent: Mon, November 23, 2009 7:07:46 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I'll try that and see how it goes. Thanks.
>> >
>> >> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:43:50 -0700
>> >> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.
>> >> From: bfraser at geoanalytic.com
>> >> To: franzzoa at hotmail.com
>> >> CC: geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> >>
>> >> That means Mapserver is not sending back an image (but is likely
>> sending
>> >> back an error message). You could turn set DEBUG 5 in the LAYER (and
>> >> you'll likely need to set the MAP's CONFIG MS_ERRORFILE
>> >> "\ms4w\tmp\mserror.txt") to see if it reports a error. Or you could
>> use
>> >> an HTTP sniffer like smartsniff to view the conversation between
>> >> Geomoose
>> >> and mapserver.
>> >>
>> >> Brent
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Yes I use vera_sans which happens to be in the fontset.list but
>> then
>> >> the
>> >> > background goes pinkish, you know.
>> >> >
>> >> >> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:44:27 -0700
>> >>
>> > >> Subject: RE: [Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.
>> >> >> From: bfraser at geoanalytic.com
>> >> >> To: franzzoa at hotmail.com
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Sounds like the problem is with TrueType fonts. What do you
>> specify
>> >> for
>> >> >> the font name? Is it in the fonts\fontset.list? What is your MAP
>> ->
>> >> >> FONTSET pointing to?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Yes Brent Here is portion of my map file that is supposed to do
>> the
>> >> >> lines
>> >> >> > and the labels. The shapefile is of a line type.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > LAYER
>> >> >> > NAME 'demoroads2'
>> >> >> > TYPE LINE
>> >> >> > DATA
>> >> 'C:\ms4w\apps\geomoose2\maps\demo\countydata\demoroads.shp'
>> >> >> > METADATA
>> >> >> > 'wms_title' 'demoroads'
>> >> >> > END
>> >>
>> > >> > STATUS DEFAULT
>> >> >> > TRANSPARENCY 100
>> >> >> > PROJECTION
>> >> >> > 'proj=longlat'
>> >> >> > 'ellps=WGS84'
>> >> >> > 'datum=WGS84'
>> >> >> > 'no_defs'
>> >> >> > END
>> >> >> > CLASS
>> >> >> > EXPRESSION ('[ROADCLASS]' eq 'C')
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > STYLE
>> >> >> > COLOR 255 0 0
>> >> >> > SYMBOL 'plainline'
>> >> >> > SIZE 2
>> >> >> > MINSIZE 1
>> >> >> > MAXSIZE 4
>> >> >> > END
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > END
>> >> >> > END
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > #and then I use an annotation layer to add the labels
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > LAYER # Road layer
>> >> >> >
>> > NAME road_labels
>> >> >> > DATA
>> >> >> 'C:\ms4w\apps\geomoose2\maps\demo\countydata\demoroads.shp'
>> >> >> > STATUS ON
>> >> >> > TYPE annotation
>> >> >> > MAXSCALEDENOM 2834
>> >> >> > MINSCALEDENOM 1400
>> >> >> > LABELITEM 'ROAD_NAME'
>> >> >> > LABELCACHE ON
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > CLASS
>> >> >> > LABEL
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > COLOR 144 250 0
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > BUFFER 4
>> >> >> > ANGLE AUTO
>> >> >> > END
>> >> >> > END
>> >> >> > END # End of Road layer
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Now,
>> >> >> > the above works fine and shows the lines and labels but once I
>> add
>> >> >> > ANGLE FOLLOW
>> > and/or TYPE TRUETYPE everything disappears. So what can I
>> >> >> > do to see the labels whowing and following the line direction?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Cheers.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Franz Okyere.
>> >> >> > GIS Specialist
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:36:55 -0700
>> >> >> >> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.
>> >> >> >> From: bfraser at geoanalytic.com
>> >> >> >> To: franzzoa at hotmail.com
>> >> >> >> CC: geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> libgd is not important to ANGLE FOLLOW (at least not that I'm
>> >> aware
>> >> >> of).
>> >> >> >> Are your labels using a
>> > TrueType font (not bitmapped)? When you say
>> >> >> >> they
>> >> >> >> don't align, does that mean they are only horizontal? Are the
>> >> layers
>> >> >> >> you
>> >> >> >> are trying to label TYPE LINE?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Best Regards,
>> >> >> >> Brent Fraser
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> > Hi All, I need to find out whether I have libgd with my
>> >> mapserver
>> >> >> >> > installation- I'm using gm2 on ms2.3.1. as my labels don't
>> align
>> >> >> with
>> >> >> >> my
>> >> >> >> > line feature even after I have used angle follow in my
>> mapfile.
>> >> >> I've
>> >> >> >> > downloaded the gd-2.0.33-1 binaries but honestly i'm not sure
>> >> what
>> >> >> i'm
>> >> >> >> > doing with them. Can anyone help! Thanks. Franz Okyere.
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