[mapserver-users] applets and PNG

Assefa Yewondwossen assefa at dmsolutions.ca
Wed Apr 10 13:34:50 EDT 2002


Hi There,

We have used the same 3rd party library to add support to PNG in the Rosa
applet. You can download it at :

 http://www2.dmsolutions.ca/webtools/rosa/rosa_downloads.html

 PS : download the developpment version.

Later,


Steve Lime wrote:

> The person who posted the message you refer to does have a version of
> the
> mapplet that supports PNG. He had to use a 3rd party class library for
> PNG
> support. I believe he will provide the code (I don't have it here).
> Your other
> option would be to require users to use a new version of Java. I
> believe the
> most recent versions support PNG natively. Of course that will require
> the
> use of a plugin on the client side.
>
> Steve
>
> Stephen Lime
> Data & Applications Manager
>
> Minnesota DNR
> 500 Lafayette Road
> St. Paul, MN 55155
> 651-297-2937
>
> >>> Puneet Kishor <pkishor at GeoAnalytics.com> 04/09/02 05:00PM >>>
> Steve,
>
> I was looking at your mapplet code and found it does not support PNGs.
> Neither does DM Soln's Rosa applet.
>
> Searching through the list archives, I found the following message from
> July
> 2001.
>
> ==========
> I have a version of Steve's mapplet that does support PNG.  Currently,
> I'm
> working finding a preprocessor that will help make the PNG mapplet
> code
> available to everyone.
>
> If you would like, I could forward to you the PNG libraries and
> mapplet
> source code.  All you would need to do is compile the source and put
> all the
> class files in a web accessible directory.
>
> [snip]
>
> > I know that the rosa applet doesn't support png map at this time.
> >
> > Is there any plan to include png format support to the rosa applet.
> I'm
> not so
> > fluent in Java...
> >
> > I would like to use the applet, but I don't want use either of gif
> (licence
> > problem) or jpeg format (raster map I have don't render nice with
> jpeg,
> even with
> > high quality settings)?
> >
> > Does the mapplet class support png?
> ============
>
> could you, or someone else, shed more light on this? Is there a version
> of
> either of these Java applets that does work with PNGs? if not, what
> would it
> take to compile that support in?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> pk/

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