GD 2.0 on the horizon

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I don't know about y'all, but this is going to make mapserver a 'killer app'
for my applications (like it wasn't already!).

Joel



Robert Chavez wrote:

> Maybe this is old news, but I thought I had better post it anyway.  Those
> of use who are using tiff images with mapserver are drooling right now.
>
> Rob Chavez
> Programmer, GIS Specialist
> Perseus Project
>
> From the GD web site:
>
> gd 2.0 is coming! Expect a beta release of gd 2.0 around March 20th, 2001.
> gd 2.0 features extensive support for true color images ("millions of
> colors"), which allows the reading and writing of truecolor PNG and JPEG
> images with drastically better results. Alpha channel blending is also
> supported, both within the gd drawing engine itself and in the final
> output image. Also, gd 2.0 is built as a shared library. Final
> fixes and documentation changes will be made next week after I return from
> vacation. -Tom Boutell