AGG/GIF

[Milo van der Linden]

Am I correct when I assume that in a single mapfile you can mix AGG and 
GD outputformats?

Frank Warmerdam schreef:
> Frédéric Junod wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Does the AGG renderer support gif ?
>>
>> I suspect no because [1] don't mention it.
>>
>> I've try with:
>>
>> OUTPUTFORMAT
>>   NAME gif
>>   DRIVER "AGG/GIF"
>>   MIMETYPE "image/gif"
>> END
>>
>> But mapserv returns:
>> "loadOutputFormat(): General error message. OUTPUTFORMAT clause 
>> references
>> driver AGG/GIF, but this driver isn't configured."
>
> Frédéric,
>
> I think the issue is that AGG produces 24bit output images, not 8bit 
> paletted
> as supported by GIF.  So only 24bit image formats (PNG, JPEG) are 
> available.
> In theory GIF could be supported by "crushing" the image down to 8bit 
> paletted
> after rendering is complete, but I think the results would be very
> unsatisfactory in most cases.
>
> Best regards,


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