[mapserver-dev] FW: [mapserver/mapserver] Default Map Size too small (#5349)

[Daniel Morissette]

+1 (as I wrote in the ticket already)

Daniel

On 2016-11-18 1:03 AM, Rahkonen Jukka (MML) wrote:
> Same here, we seem to have MAXSIZE at 5000 for high resolution printing.
> 4096 would be a better default. If people in 2003 were gathering data
> from WMS with large requests now they are collecting tiles.
>
> -Jukka Rahkonen-
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> *Lähettäjä:*mapserver-dev [mailto:mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org]
> *Puolesta *Lime, Steve D (MNIT)
> *Lähetetty:* 18. marraskuuta 2016 1:39
> *Vastaanottaja:* mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org
> *Aihe:* [mapserver-dev] FW: [mapserver/mapserver] Default Map Size too
> small (#5349)
>
>
>
> Any reason not to do this? The reason the setting exists is rather
> obvious. I checked many of my mapfiles and indeed I bump the value to
> 4096. Not for printing but for generating metatiles. I think that's a
> stronger argument... --Steve
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> *From:*Seth G [notifications at github.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 16, 2016 2:47 AM
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> *Subject:* [mapserver/mapserver] Default Map Size too small (#5349)
>
> Currently the maximum image size default is set to 2048 pixels. With
> increasingly large monitors and higher resolutions I keep hitting this
> limit when maximising browser windows, and getting an error message.
>
> It is confusing to new users, and requires having to always add a
> |MAXSIZE 4096|line to each new map file.
>
> I'd propose increasing the default to 4096. Users concerned about
> increased stress on their servers are more likely to know how to change
> this setting, than new users getting an error.
>
> I believe it should be a case of simply increasing the following?
>
> |#define MS_MAXIMAGESIZE_DEFAULT 2048|
>
> https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/blob/66309eebb7ba0dc70469efeb40f865a8e88fafbd/mapserver.h#L262
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> It was last updated in 2003 - so hopefully most hardware has been
> updated since then..
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