[mapserver-users] Support for PNG Symbols

[Pushkar Pradhan]

Are the .png files having sufficient permissions?
I think they reside in the images dire. which is one under symbols, that's
the default. Unless you move them elsewhere.
> Thanks Scott for kind reply, i am submitting the question again to the list
> to see if some one else have a clue....
>
> Hi every one
>
> Finally we have mapserver running. We didn't install .gif support, only .png
> installed.
>
>
>
>  We are playing with itasca demo, and  have changed all .gif to .png  how
> ever we get the following error:
>  msLoadMap(): General error message. Undefined symbol "symbols/ctyhwy.png"
> in class 0 of layer ctyrdln3_anno.
>
> Can the symbols be .png or they must be .gif? If above possible, how to
> avoid error?
>
>
>
> Off course, if class for symbol is commented (#) the demo runs ...
>
>
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>
>  Juanse
>  temuko-chile
> ---------------------------
>
>
> > Juanse,
> >
> > I am not sure about these issues myself since we are just starting with
> > the package also. We are using jpegs.
> >
> > Good luck with this topic.
> > Sorry I cannot be of more help.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > Referencia SA wrote:
> >
> > > Scott
> > >
> > > Thanks, i have the example running "commenting out" the need section,
> how
> > > ever i would love to have the .png working, instead of the .gif images.
> > >
> > > I understand that .png is the favoured format within linux.
> > >
> > > So the question is still valid : can one use .png for symbol definition?
> > >
> > > Juanse
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Scott Davidson <davidson at usgs.gov>
> > > To: Referencia SA <georef at tnet.cl>
> > > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 10:21 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] mapserver 3.6 compile error
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I believe that you have to comment out the sections that use the
> > > > .gif files, not just change the files extensions. Comment out the
> > > ctyhwy.png
> > > > porrtion :
> > > >
> > > > LAYER
> > > >   NAME ctyrdln3_anno
> > > >   GROUP roads
> > > >   MAXSCALE 300000
> > > >   STATUS OFF
> > > >   DATA ctyrdln3
> > > >   TYPE ANNOTATION
> > > >   LABELITEM "road_name"
> > > > #  CLASS
> > > > #    COLOR 255 255 255
> > > > #    SYMBOL 'symbols/ctyhwy.gif'
> > > > #    LABEL
> > > > #      MINFEATURESIZE 40
> > > > #      MINDISTANCE 150
> > > > #      POSITION CC
> > > > #      SIZE TINY
> > > > #      COLOR 0 0 0
> > > >     END
> > > >   END
> > > >
> > > > And
> > > >
> > > > #
> > > > # Start of reference map
> > > > #
> > > > #REFERENCE
> > > > #  IMAGE graphics/reference.gif
> > > > #  EXTENT 393234.393701263 5205405.16440722 495769.579718949
> > > 5307959.02579127
> > > > #  SIZE 120 120
> > > > #  STATUS ON
> > > > #  COLOR -1 -1 -1
> > > > #  OUTLINECOLOR 255 0 0
> > > > #END
> > > >
> > > > Then it should work.
> > > >
> > > > Referencia SA wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Finally we have mapserver running. We didn't install gif support,
> only
> > > .png
> > > > > installed.
> > > > >
> > > > > We are playing with itasca demo, and  have changed all .gif to .png
> > > > >
> > > > > how ever we get the following error:
> > > > > msLoadMap(): General error message. Undefined symbol
> > > "symbols/ctyhwy.png" in
> > > > > class 0 of layer ctyrdln3_anno.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can the symbols be .png or they must be .gif?
> > > > > If above possible, how to avoid error?
> > > > >
> > > > > Juanse
> > > > > temuko-chile
>
>

-Pushkar S. Pradhan