[Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.

Tue Nov 24 07:56:03 EST 2009

Hi all,

Its it a behaviour for the shp2img to produce some weird characters a@ command prompt when I type

shp2img -m demoroads.map demoroads.png

or is there a problem with my syntax? Cheers

Franz Okyere 

GIS Specialist

> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:01:48 -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
> 
> 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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