[mapserver-users] Antialiased Lines in mapserver?

[Steve Lime]

A seperate IM interface could be added (maybe) but we'd have to think
about that. At the moment each output type (i.e. GIF/JPEG/TIFF/SWF) is
tied to a specific driver and both ImageMagick and GD can output the
same stuff.

Steve

>>> Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> 10/07/02 09:14PM >>>
woodbri at swoodbridge.com wrote:
> Which raises another question in my mind. 
> 
> Would it make sense to or is it planned that the output routines will

> be installable or selectable at runtime (maybe via the map file) so 
> for applications that need the performance but can live with GD 1.x 
> image quality can get it, while other apps can get the features they

> need?

Steve,

GD 1.x vs. GD 2.x cannot be selected at runtime as things are
currently
setup because there is one "gd" interface with a few compile time
differences between 1.x and 2.x.

> Shouldn't it be possible to have output drivers for GD 1.x, GD 2.x, 
> ImageMagick, Postscript, Flash, etc. Assuming that someone implements

> each of them.

It *is* possible to have GD, Flash, GDAL and potentially other output
mechanisms all compiled in and selected at runtime.  The IMAGETYPE
directive
directive selects which is used in a particular run.

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