[Mapserver-users] BEGINNER question : show image with X (coordinates)

[Vinko Vrsalovic]

On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 06:15:53PM +0000, Pedro Salazar wrote:
> First beginner question, 
> 
> In the demo.map sample, there are several references to many GIF files
> which throws a few errors.
> 
> "(...)This can occur if you have a new version (>1.6(?)) of the GD
> library installed which doesn't support GIF images(...)"
> 
> I have redhat 8.0 which comes with early release of GD (1.8.4-9). So,
> what is the alternative workaround but that permits me to test and view
> the demo? If I comment the reference on demo.map, I won't see anything
> at all!! (black!!)
> 
> #REFERENCE
>   #IMAGE graphics/reference.gif
>   ...
> 
> To workaround this issue, if I convert the GIF to JPEG, will I have the
> same functionality of the demo? What are your tip here?
 
Yes, convert all images to JPEG or PNG (PNG is better), and change the
map file accordingly.

I haven't downloaded the demo for a while, are you sure you downloaded
the latest demo version? I guess by now the map files shouldn't contain
pointers to GIF files, but this is, as I said, just a guess.

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