[Mapserver-users] Mapserver 4.0 symbols in BMP format ?

Steve Lime steve.lime at dnr.state.mn.us
Thu Oct 23 13:53:33 PDT 2003


You should be able to use whatever formats GD itself supports. So, if GD supports BMP then
you should be ok. MapServer relies on GD to choke on a file, it does not test formats itself. In
the past BMP just hasn't worked all that well for me but I haven't tried in years.

Steve

>>> "Eduardo Patto Kanegae" <eduardo at consultoria.eti.br> 10/23/2003 5:51:31 AM >>>
you can use the PNG format.

Eduardo Patto Kanegae
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 11:57:25 +0200, "Lars V. Nielsen" <LVN at hvm.dk> escreveu:

> De: "Lars V. Nielsen" <LVN at hvm.dk>
> Data: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 11:57:25 +0200
> Para: <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
> Assunto: [Mapserver-users] Mapserver 4.0 symbols in BMP format ?
> 
> 
> I read the MS docs to say, that raster symbols (pixmap) can only be used if they're in GIF format.
> 
> Is this still true in MS 4.0 (with gd/2) ?
> 
> I have a lot of symbols in BMP format I want to use, and I'm trying to avoid converting them to GIF, if possible.
> 
> Best regards / Med venlig hilsen
> Lars V. Nielsen
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> http://www.hvm.dk 
> 
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