[mapserver-dev] OpenGL check in

[thomas bonfort]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 12:31, Toby Rahilly <toby.rahilly at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have checked in the Opengl update to the mapserver6 sandbox.
>
> Still TO DO:
> * Optimized by using textures for symbols and not creating an OpenGL
> context for every new image.
> * I was not able to get line symbols to work in any renderer, have
> they changed for Mapserver 6?

what kind of line symbols are you referring to?
- marker symbols placed along a line (that would be a bug worth investigating)
- symbols used as a brush smoothly along a line: this isn't
implemented in the plugin renderers, as only agg supports it. todo.

>
> I have tested on Windows 7 and Ubuntu 8 both with Nvidia drivers.
>
> Any testing on other platforms/video cards would be greatly
> appreciated, thanks Tamas! You will need to compile with the FTGL
> library which is used for text rendering. The driver is "OGL".
>
> You can compare some renderings here:
>
> agg: http://www.flickr.com/photos/convolous/5184383842/
> opengl: http://www.flickr.com/photos/convolous/5184384174/

any info on the timings using each renderer?

cheers,
thomas

>
> Cheers,
> Toby
>
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Tamas Szekeres <szekerest at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'll be happy to do some testing on Windows as soon as  the implementation
>> is complete.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Tamas
>>
>>
>>
>> 2010/11/13 Toby Rahilly <toby.rahilly at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> > RFC-50: I think this is out for 6.0 unless those authors are still
>>> > around.
>>> >
>>>
>>> When I left the OpengGL implementation was pretty much done. Todo is
>>> 1) Updating for the changing graphics rendering API
>>> 2) Cross platform OpenGL context creation support and testing
>>>
>>> The actual rendering code is done.
>>>
>>> Jon and I think we can finish it up before the 15th and will be having
>>> a go over the weekend. If its not ready for the 6.0 feature freeze,
>>> we'll try to leave it in a good state for the next release.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Toby
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Lime, Steve D (DNR)
>>> <Steve.Lime at state.mn.us> wrote:
>>> > RFC-50: I think this is out for 6.0 unless those authors are still
>>> > around.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > RFC-52: The changes I’d like to see are relatively minor (from a coding
>>> > perspective) and are a return to a single getShape() method in
>>> > MapScript. It
>>> > will break 5.6 scripts but is simpler in the long run. I don’t know that
>>> > an
>>> > RFC is necessary but I will start a ticket and we can go from there.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > RFC-54: I think Thomas just needs to merge?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > RFC-58 – RFC-63: Are all basically complete, perhaps need docs though.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > RFC-64: Needs feedback. This may push us back a week or two depending on
>>> > feedback. I think 6.0 is the right time to implement though given the
>>> > types
>>> > of proposed changes. They are not candidates for minor releases.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for pushing on this…
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Steve
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > From: mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>>> > [mailto:mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Tamas
>>> > Szekeres
>>> > Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 6:12 PM
>>> > To: mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org
>>> > Subject: [mapserver-dev] 6.0 release plan
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hi All,
>>> >
>>> > In search of my memory (and my mails) the recent plan of the 6.0 release
>>> > has
>>> > been scheduled as follows:
>>> >
>>> > "Plan for a feature freeze on Nov 15th, with a little over 2 months for
>>> > betas, aiming for final release between Jan 15th and 31st"
>>> >
>>> > How do we stand with the upcoming activities in the light of this?
>>> >
>>> > I can see the following RFCs may be affected or must be scheduled:
>>> >
>>> > RFC-50 (OpenGL)
>>> > RFC-52 (One-pass query processing), we wanted to do some rework as far
>>> > as I
>>> > remember.
>>> > RFC-54 (Rendering overhaul)
>>> > RFC-58 (KML output)
>>> > RFC-62 (Additional WFS GetFeature Output Formats)
>>> > RFC-63 (OpenLayers viewer)
>>> > RFC-64 (Expression parser overhaul)
>>> >
>>> > Do we have any other plan which will be covered with an RFC soon? How
>>> > much
>>> > time the pending efforts will take to be implemented?
>>> > The 6.0 release plan document may also updated with some up to date
>>> > information if possible.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Best regards,
>>> >
>>> > Tamas
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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