Antwort: [mapserver-dev] PDF support wrap up...

[Peter Hopfgartner]

umn-ms at hydrotec.de wrote:
>
> > ... I'd like to hear more about opportunities to integrate 
> MapServer-based
> > PDF output into more complex layouts. Ultimately that's what people
> > want to do. How are folks doing that?
>
> In some apps we create PDF with Java, XSLT an Apache/FOP.
> * Spatial and non-spatial Data in relational Database
> * Mapserver: Creates PNG-Map from Database
> * Java: Create XML from Database
> * XSLT: Create XSL-FO from XML (links to PNG)
> * Apache-FOP: Create PDF from XML  (embedd PNG)
>
Hi,

we are (almost) doing the same. Only, that we use PHP for the XML 
generation. We did some experiment using SVG for the map. Anyway, there 
might be some enormous improvement once that the Cairo renderer is ready.
> Experience:
> + Can tweak layout
> + Map with true scale
> + Can show additional Database Data in PDF around the map
> + Standardized techniques
> - Apache FOP may run out of memory
>
Same here. Could the memory problem be solved compiling fop ahead of 
time into native code with GCJ? Any experience?

Regards,

Peter
> I can hardly imagine, that a mapserver-only-solution could create
> a customized quality-map.
>
> Benedikt Rothe
>
>              Database
>              /       \
>             |         |
>      Java   |         |
>             V         |
>            XML        | Mapserver
>             |         |
>             |XSLT     |
>             V         V
>          XSL-FO     Map As PNG
>             |         |
> Apache-FOP  |         |
>             V         |
>            PDF  <------
>
> mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org schrieb am 21.01.2009 04:41:04:
>
> > Brent et al... Lot's of good discussion in the recent PDF thread but
> > I'm not sure there was
> > any decision made. My opinions changed as ideas came forth. I'm in
> > the "keep MapServer
> > as simple as possible" camp. I'd like to hear more about
> > opportunities to integrate MapServer-based
> > PDF output into more complex layouts. Ultimately that's what people
> > want to do. How are
> > folks doing that?
> >
> > Steve
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