[Geomoose-users] Printing wms layers

Wed Nov 23 17:20:03 EST 2011

dumb question:

Is GD really being used? I thought it was replaced (in Mapserver) in favor
of AGG a while back...

Tanya

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Jim Klassen <klassen.js at gmail.com> wrote:

Why is because it isn't the proper resolution or aspect ratio for printing.
>
> Why it renders different is because in GeoMoose the browser does the image
> compositing.  In the print utility there is no browser so the GD library
> needs to handle it.  Why not print from the browser?  Because not all
> browsers print the same and mans don't handle printing the composited
> images correctly.  In any case high res prints (think plotter) would be out
> of the question.
>
>
>
> On Nov 23, 2011, at 14:27, "Bistrais, Bob" <Bob.Bistrais at maine.gov> wrote:
>
>  I copied over the new function and function call in print_util.php.  I
> get what’s going on there- it’s “cutting out” the black portions of the
> image, but I’m still getting these in the printable image.****
>
> ** **
>
> One thing I don’t understand (and the answer is probably not so simple)-
> the map is looking exactly as I’d like in the application- why aren’t we
> grabbing that image and coping it to the output map file?****
>
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> *From:* geomoose-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
> geomoose-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Brent Fraser
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 23, 2011 11:33 AM
> *To:* Bistrais, Bob
> *Cc:* <geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org>geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Geomoose-users] Printing wms layers****
>
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> Bob,
>
>   I did  a fix some time ago ( <http://geomoose.org/trac/ticket/108>
> http://geomoose.org/trac/ticket/108) regarding using the alpha channel in
> Print_util.php.  This fix is in GeoMoose v2.4 so I'm confused...
>
> ****
>
> Best Regards,****
>
> Brent Fraser****
>
>
> On 11/23/2011 9:27 AM, Bistrais, Bob wrote: ****
>
> It sure looks like a problem with the alpha channels.  Doesn’t seem to
> matter which browser I use, either.********
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> *From:* Jim Klassen [ <klassen.js at gmail.com>mailto:klassen.js at gmail.com<klassen.js at gmail.com>]
>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:43 AM
> *To:* Bistrais, Bob
> *Cc:* Bob Basques; < <geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org>
> geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Geomoose-users] Printing wms layers********
>
> ** ******
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> If the quality is different between PNG and GIF you are probably using
> PNG24 (as PNG8 and GIF should be identical image wise).********
>
> ** ******
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> My guess is a GD bug dealing with PNG24.  I'm not sure what your options
> are, but it sounds like the print.php needs to be rewritten with a more
> modern library.********
>
>
> On Nov 23, 2011, at 9:11, "Bistrais, Bob" < <Bob.Bistrais at maine.gov>
> Bob.Bistrais at maine.gov> wrote:********
>
>  Looks like I’m using png.  ************
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> ** **********
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> One thing I tried was to use gif in the mapbook.xml, for those WMS layers,
> but while they displayed alright, the quality was awful.************
>
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> *From:* Bob Basques [ <Bob.Basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us>
> mailto:Bob.Basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us <Bob.Basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us>]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:05 AM
> *To:* <geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org>geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org;
> Bistrais, Bob
> *Subject:* RE: [Geomoose-users] Printing wms layers************
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> ** **********
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> What version of PNG, PNG8 PNG24, etc. ************
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> bobb ************
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> >>> "Bistrais, Bob" < <Bob.Bistrais at maine.gov>Bob.Bistrais at maine.gov>
> wrote:************
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> Yes, the WMS is outputting PNG.  What would be recommended instead?**** **
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> *From:* Bob Basques [ <Bob.Basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us>
> mailto:Bob.Basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us <Bob.Basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us>]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 22, 2011 4:54 PM
> *To:*  <geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org>geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org;
> Bistrais, Bob
> *Subject:* Re: [Geomoose-users] Printing wms layers**** ************
>
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> Something to look at . . .**** ************
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> What is the format of the images from the WMS service?**** ************
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> PNG24 vs other PNG formats have caused problem in cross browser
> situations.  Some versions of IE don't like one or the other for example.*
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> bobb**** ************
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> >>> "Bistrais, Bob" < <Bob.Bistrais at maine.gov>Bob.Bistrais at maine.gov>
> wrote:**** ************
>
> I had brought up this question before but it seems to be happening again.
> I have a few layers that I consume in GeoMoose by WMS.  Some of these are
> vecot line layers such as roads.  They work perfectly in GeoMoose map
> view.  But when I compose a printable map, these layers have a black
> background which obscures other layers and just plain looks ugly.  If I set
> the “transparent”  property to false, the black background goes away, but
> then I can’t see any underlying data.  **** **** ************
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> By the way, I do have control over the WMS services in this case.  I tried
> to set Offsite to 0 0 0, but that didn’t seem to help either.  The WMS is
> at MapServer 6.0.1.  Any suggestions?******** ************
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