AGG/GIF

[thomas bonfort]

you can mix outputformats in the mapfile, ie have multiple
OUTPUTFORMAT...END blocks.
but only one is used at a time when the actual drawing takes place, so you
can't have different outpuformats for different layers.

tb

On 11/7/07, Milo van der Linden <mlinden at zeelandnet.nl> wrote:
>
>  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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>
>
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