[Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.
FRANZ OKYERE
franzzoa at hotmail.com
Tue Nov 24 14:12:12 EST 2009
The labels display horizontally. Thanks for the info on the dlls too.
> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:11:16 -0700
> From: bfraser at geoanalytic.com
> To: franzzoa at hotmail.com
> CC: geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.
>
> Did the labels appear at all? Were they only horizontal? I'm not sure what you
> mean by "like it should". The ANGLE FOLLOW setting was originally intended for
> labeling along road segments; it currently does a poor job of labeling streams
> with lots of twists and turns. And there are a few issues filed against it in
> Maperver's Trac.
>
> As for the loading of DLLs by mapserv.exe, a good tool to use is ProcessMonitor
> (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx). Run it on the
> server when you do a pan or zoom to see which DLLs mapserv.exe is try to load.
>
> Best regards,
> Brent Fraser
>
> FRANZ OKYERE wrote:
> > Its worked alright, the op system didn't show any errors and angle
> > follow does not curve my labels like it should. But I suspect there's
> > something wrong with my windows installation such that certain dlls
> > can't be accessed on the expected path? I may be wrong but I wish
> > it were working, seriously. Franz Okyere. GIS specialist
> >
> >> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:45:39 -0700
> >> From: bfraser at geoanalytic.com
> >> To: franzzoa at hotmail.com
> >> CC: geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> >> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Curved labels and libgd or gd.
> >>
> >> You left out the "-o". The command should be:
> >>
> >> shp2img -m demoroads.map -o demoroads.png
> >>
> >> Brent
> >>
> >> FRANZ OKYERE wrote:
> >> > 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.
> >> >> >> > GIS
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> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
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