[mapserver-commits] r8259 - in trunk/docs: . images

[svn at osgeo.org]

Author: hobu
Date: 2008-12-18 20:55:47 -0500 (Thu, 18 Dec 2008)
New Revision: 8259

Modified:
   trunk/docs/glossary.txt
   trunk/docs/images/architecture.png
Log:
new arch picture

Modified: trunk/docs/glossary.txt
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--- trunk/docs/glossary.txt	2008-12-18 21:49:58 UTC (rev 8258)
+++ trunk/docs/glossary.txt	2008-12-19 01:55:47 UTC (rev 8259)
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 
 .. glossary::
 
+    AGG
+        `Anti-Grain Geometry <http://antigrain.com>`__ A high quality graphics
+        rendering engine that MapServer 5.0+ can use. It supports sub-pixel
+        anti-aliasing, as well as many more features.
+
     CGI
         Wikipedia provides excellent coverage of 
         `CGI <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Gateway_Interface>`_.
@@ -19,12 +24,31 @@
         found in the file /usr/local/share/proj/epsg. See
         http://spatialreference.org for a listing of spatial references and an
         interface to search for spatial references.
-    
+
+    FreeType
+        `FreeType <http://freetype.sourceforge.net/index2.html>`__ is a font
+        engine that MapServer uses for accessing and rendering `TrueType
+        <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Type_Font>`__ fonts.
+        
+    GD
+        `GD <http://www.libgd.org/Main_Page>`__ is a graphics library for 
+        dynamic generation of images.  It was the first graphics renderer that 
+        was available for MapServer, and it is required by MapServer to 
+        operate.
+        
     GDAL
         GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) is a multi-format raster
         reading and writing library. It is used as the primary mechanism for
         reading raster data in MapServer. It is hosted at http://www.gdal.org/
-    
+
+    GEOS
+        `Geometry Engine Open Source <http://trac.osgeo.org/geos>`__ is a C/C++ 
+        port of the `Java Topology Suite <http://www.vividsolutions.com/jts/jtshome.htm>`__.
+        It is used for geometric algebra operations like determining if a 
+        polygon is contained in another polygon or determining the resultant 
+        intersection of two or more polygons.  MapServer optionally uses GEOS for 
+        geometric algebra operations.
+
     Map Scale
         A treatise of mapping scale can be found on 
         `about.com <http://geography.about.com/cs/maps/a/mapscale.htm>`_.
@@ -43,11 +67,16 @@
         The `Open Geospatial Consortium <http://www.opengeospatial.org>`_ is a
         standards organization body in the GIS domain. Many of its web
         standards are implemented in MapServer.
+    
+    OGR
+        `OGR <http://www.gdal.org/ogr>`__ is the vector data access portion of 
+        the :term:`GDAL` library.  It provides access to a multitude of data 
+        formats.  More information about OGR can be found in :ref:`ogr`.
         
     Proj.4
-        Proj4 is a library for projecting map data.  It is used by MapServer
-        and GDAL and a multitude of other Open Source GIS libraries.  It is
-        located at http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/.
+        `Proj4 <http://trac.osgeo.org/proj/>`__ is a library for projecting
+        map data. It is used by MapServer and GDAL and a multitude of other
+        Open Source GIS libraries.
         
     Projection
         A map projection is a mathematical transformation of the surface of a
@@ -65,4 +94,10 @@
         areas. The format was designed and published by ESRI and is widely
         supported in the GIS world. It is effectively the native and highest
         performance format for MapServer. See `Wikipedia
-        <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile>`_ for more information.
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+        <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapefile>`_ for more information.
+    
+    SWIG
+        `Simplified Wrapper Interface Generator <http://www.swig.org>`__ is the 
+        library that MapServer uses for generating the language bindings for 
+        all languages other than C/C++ and PHP.  :ref:`mapscript` describes 
+        these bindings.  
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Modified: trunk/docs/images/architecture.png
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