mapserver error

Thu Jan 17 14:47:46 PST 2008

Shp2img works ok on the mapfile? Does apache work or is this IIS only?

>>> On 1/17/2008 at 3:04 PM, in message
<944DCD961F4CD649BCEBB52E3C929F6501863C4B at usd-am-xch-01.am.trimblecorp.net>,
Lee Keel <lee_keel at TRIMBLE.COM> wrote:
> Anyone else got a thought here?  Or can tell me where to check the debug 
> logs?  I have turned DEBUG 5 in my map file but there is nothing in the log 
> file other than "...... normal execution".
>  
> Thanks in advance,
> LK
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: thomas bonfort [mailto:thomas.bonfort at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Thu 1/17/2008 2:56 AM
> To: Lee Keel
> Cc: MAPSERVER-USERS at lists.umn.edu 
> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] mapserver error
> 
> 
> 
> strange...
> what version of mapserver are you using?
> can you (temporarily) turn off the angle follow of your labels and
> report if you're still having the same output problems
> 
> thomas
> 
> On Jan 16, 2008 8:03 PM, Lee Keel <lee_keel at trimble.com> wrote:
>> sorry, I hit enter before I meant to....
>>
>> You can view the blurring problem at: <http://dev.uai.com:28080/public/blur> 
> http://dev.uai.com:28080/public/blur 
> <http://dev.uai.com:28080/public/blur.html> .html
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: Ed McNierney [mailto:ed at topozone.com] 
>> Sent: Wed 1/16/2008 12:13 PM
>> To: Lee Keel; MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU 
>> Subject: RE: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] mapserver error
>>
>>
>>
>> Lee -
>>
>> INTERLACE=ON is not "wrong".  Tim is pointing out that if you're viewing an 
> interlaced output image, the first, alternating set of scanlines will be 
> displayed and then your browser will start again at the top of the image, 
> filling in the alternate interlacing lines.  This will cause the top of the 
> image to appear complete while the bottom is "blurry".  You can see 
> variations on these visual artifacts depending on your browser, and the 
> effect is more pronounced over a slow connection.
>>
>> But if the image still looks blurry at the bottom even after you're certain 
> the image has been completely loaded, then this is not your problem.
>>
>> It's hard to diagnose visual problems in text; can you either post the 
> output image or (preferably) a public URL where the image can be viewed?
>>
>>      - Ed
>>
>> Ed McNierney
>> Chief Mapmaker
>> Demand Media / TopoZone.com
>> 73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
>> North Chelmsford, MA  01863
>> ed at topozone.com 
>> Phone: +1 (978) 251-4242
>> Fax: +1 (978) 251-1396
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On 
> Behalf Of Lee Keel
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:06 PM
>> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU 
>> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] mapserver error
>>
>> Timothy,
>>
>> Here are the OUTPUTFORMAT options I have in my map file.  Do they look 
> correct?
>>
>> OUTPUTFORMAT
>>   NAME "png"
>>   MIMETYPE "image/png"
>>   DRIVER "GD/PNG"
>>   EXTENSION "png"
>>   IMAGEMODE PC256
>>   TRANSPARENT FALSE
>>   FORMATOPTION "INTERLACE=OFF"
>>  END
>>
>>  OUTPUTFORMAT
>>   NAME "jpg"
>>   MIMETYPE "image/jpeg"
>>   DRIVER "GD/JPEG"
>>   EXTENSION "jpg"
>>         IMAGEMODE RGB
>>   TRANSPARENT FALSE
>>   FORMATOPTION "INTERLACE=OFF"
>>  END
>>
>>  OUTPUTFORMAT
>>   NAME "gif"
>>   MIMETYPE "image/gif"
>>   DRIVER "GD/gif"
>>   EXTENSION "gif"
>>         IMAGEMODE PC256
>>   TRANSPARENT FALSE
>>   FORMATOPTION "INTERLACE=OFF"
>>  END
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: UMN MapServer Users List on behalf of Nolte, Tim
>> Sent: Wed 1/16/2008 11:49 AM
>> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU 
>> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] mapserver error
>>
>>
>>
>> One quick thought that I have since you say that a layer image is
>> blurred on the bottom portion is that you have FORMATOPTION INTERLACE=ON
>> set. This turns on interlacing and sometimes I see that it takes a few
>> seconds on my mapserver to fully render the image. If you want to
>> prevent this blurring turn that setting off in your Mapfile.
>>
>>
>> ----
>> Timothy J Nolte - tnolte at ilpcs.com 
>> Associate Network Planning Engineer
>>
>> iPCS Wireless, Inc.
>> 4717 Broadmoor Ave, Suite G
>> Kentwood, MI 49512
>>
>> Office: 616-656-5163
>> PCS:    616-706-2438
>> Fax:    616-554-6484
>> Web: www.ipcswirelessinc.com 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
>> Behalf Of Lee Keel
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 11:38 AM
>> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU 
>> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] mapserver error
>>
>> Hello list.  I am having a problem and it is beginning to look like
>> mapserver is behind it somehow.  I am using ms4w 2.2.6 to render
>> postgres data to openlayers.  Mapserver is configured to use IIS\CGI
>> instead of apache.  I am actually having 2 problems, but I am not sure
>> that they are not related.  One problem is that sometimes the server
>> just isn't returning any data for different layers to OpenLayers.  I
>> have talked extensively with the OL guys and have come back to the fact
>> that if I take the URL that is requesting the information from
>> mapserver, then I get: "The specified CGI application misbehaved by not
>> returning a complete set of HTTP headers."  The most consistent way I
>> can reproduce this is to zoom in real close.  The second problem I am
>> having is that when I am getting layer images back, they are blurred on
>> the bottom portion.  It looks like someone took a cloth and just wiped a
>> whiteboard.
>>
>> I am about 5 days late on a deadline to have this up and running, so I
>> am open to try any suggestions that someone may have.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Lee
>>