Article about MapServer 5.0

[Daniel Morissette]

Thomas,

When I first used AGG it was not obvious how to setup the outputformat. 
It would probably be a good idea to add those outputformat infos to your 
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/agg-rendering-specifics page.

Daniel


thomas bonfort wrote:
> 
>     Another question, I tested the new outputformat with AGG, is it
>     possible
>     to get jpg or gif image with it? If so, how can I setting up my mapfile
>     to realize this? Do I need special flag when building mapserver?
> 
> 
>  gif isn't supported with agg.
> these are the main outputformats you can use with agg:
> 
> base outputformat, will output a 24 bit png:
> OUTPUTFORMAT
>   NAME 'AGG'
>   DRIVER AGG/PNG
>   IMAGEMODE RGB
> END
> 
> 24 bit png, rendered on a transparent background:
> OUTPUTFORMAT
>   NAME 'AGGA'
>   DRIVER AGG/PNG
>   IMAGEMODE RGBA
> END
> 
> 24 bit jpeg output:
> OUTPUTFORMAT
>     NAME 'AGG_JPEG'
>     DRIVER AGG/JPEG IMAGEMODE RGB
> END
> 
> png output, with number of colors reduced with quantization:
> OUTPUTFORMAT
>   NAME 'AGG_Q'
>   DRIVER AGG/PNG
>   IMAGEMODE RGB
>   FORMATOPTION "QUANTIZE_FORCE=ON"
>   FORMATOPTION "QUANTIZE_DITHER=OFF"
>   FORMATOPTION "QUANTIZE_COLORS=256"
> END
> 
> 
> 
> as for building, it will depend on your platform, but generally speaking 
> you'll run
> 
> ./configure [...] --with-agg=/usr [...] if you're using a distro build 
> of agg
> 
> or
> 
> ./configure [...] --with-agg=/path/to/agg-source [...] if you're using a 
> downloaded version from antigrain.com <http://antigrain.com> (you'll 
> have to build agg in the source directory before doing this. just 
> running 'make' should be enough)
> 
> happy to answer other questions if any (en francais aussi, si c'est plus 
> facile)
> 
> thomas
> 
> 


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Daniel Morissette
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