Horrible Looking WMS Raster Imagery

[Jennifer Zeisloft]

JPEG looks great as well - thanks much for the tips!

Jennifer

On 1/24/06, Ed McNierney <ed at topozone.com> wrote:
>
> Jennifer -
>
> If your output is photographic, you may find JPEG to be a better output
> format choice.  The image files will be much smaller.  Now that you know how
> to control the output format, you should experiment to see which format
> works best for you.
>
>      - Ed
>
> Ed McNierney
> TopoZone.com
>
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> *From:* UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] *On
> Behalf Of *Jennifer Zeisloft
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:56 AM
> *To:* MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> *Subject:* Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Horrible Looking WMS Raster Imagery
>
> Hi Bart,
>
> That was exactly what I needed to do.  The problem is fixed!
>
> Thanks for all the help!
>
> Jennifer
>
> On 1/24/06, Eijnden, B. van den (Bart) <b.vdeijnden at agi.rws.minvenw.nl>
> wrote:
> >
> > Jennifer,
> >
> > try to use PNG24 for the parameter named image_type in chameleon.xml.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Bart
> >
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > *Van:* UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU]*Namens
> > *Jennifer Zeisloft
> > *Verzonden:* dinsdag 24 januari 2006 6:04
> > *Aan:* MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> > *Onderwerp:* Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Horrible Looking WMS Raster
> > Imagery
> >
> > Hi Frank,
> >
> > Thanks for the response, Frank.  It is sounding more and more like this
> > is a question I ought to forward to the chameleon list - because I am also
> > not sure how to generate 24bit output with chameleon!
> >
> > I appreciate the much needed direction!
> >
> > Thanks all!
> >
> > Jennifer
> >
> > On 1/23/06, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 1/23/06, Brent Pedersen <bpederse at nature.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> > > > have you tried using image/jpeg?
> > >
> > > In addition to fetching data from the remote WMSes as
> > > JPEG, it is also necessary for mapserver to generate 24bit
> > > output (JPEG or PNG24 for instance).  I don't know how to
> > > do that with Chameleon myself, but I'm sure there is a setting
> > > somewhere.
> > >
> > > I think Ed is right that the problem is 24bit to 8bit color
> > > conversion with correspondingly poor color resolution.
> > > Given sufficient blotchiness from this conversion it can
> > > even appear that spatial resolution is degraded (though it
> > > isn't actually).
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > --
> > >
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> > >
> >
> >
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