[mapserver-users] mapserver cgi rotating labels

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

The 'GD' library is what allows mapserver to make images from your
shapefiles. It should be included with your distribution of mapserver.
When the GD library is built, you need to compile in freetype support.
Freetype is a library that allows GD to manipulate TrueType fonts -
including doing stuff like scaling and rotating fonts.

I don't know what is involved with compiling under mapserver under NT,
but I suggest either using linux, or trying to find a precompiled
version of linux for NT that includes GD + Freetype support.

hope that helps

Tim

On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, toni hernández wrote:

> Hi every body,
>
> I am building a quite good map in the net. I have almost finished it but is
> still one more step ahead.
>
> Is it possible to autorotate and autosize the labels of a line shape with
> mapserver 3.4 cgi upon Windows Nt 4.0?
> I made the same question  and Stephen told me:
>
> "It's not a mapfile issue, the GD library the software was built against
> didn't have
> Freetype support. Either rebuild or get a new version..."
> But I don't understand what it means. What is the GD library? How can I
> rebuild it? Is this matter solved with version 3.5?
>
> Thank you very much (in advance)
>
>