Change image resolution in mapfile

Lowell.Filak lfilak at MEDINACO.ORG
Wed Jan 25 12:08:20 PST 2006


krishna S writes: 

> Hello all,
>       I have to generate a 300 by 300 dpi wall map to print, I was
> wondering how can we generate the map using mapserver, i know that usually
> when the image is generated it gets saved in 72dpi. I am not displaying the
> map in thw browser but i just want to generate the map so that i can print
> it out. 
> 
>       I searched the archives about this but couldnt find how to generate
> it actually. 
> 
> Any suggestions please ....

kris, 

How big do you actually want the wall map?
If you want a 300dpi map that is 80"x80" set the image output size to 
24000x24000 and you can then specify the "resolution" on in the software 
that you use to submit the beast to the printer/plotter. 

Lowell



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