[mapserver-users] GRID labeling, OK, where are the MapServerGRID guru's??

[Bob Basques]

Brent,

See inline . . .

Brent Fraser wrote:
>
> My goals for labelling are quite ambitious (see the attached graphic clip
> of my favorite Canadian topo map).  
That's about an exact copy of how the USNG specs want their labels, more 
emphasis on the Super/sub scripting though.
> Multiple grid labels (the home zone
> and the adjacent zone are labeled, with the super/subscript method you are
> developing), a graticule label, township/range labels, a fairly
> complicated neat line, and tick marks for the adjacent zone coordinate
> system.
>   
>> Hmm, interesting approach. Where are you running into problems with this
>> approach?  Seems like there could be some non-standard types of object
>> possible for the editors for one.  Does MapServer do the labels in PDF
>> as all separate pieces/elements?  Got anything online to play with?
>>     
> PDF support in Mapserver is minimal, and I don't think the code is being
> actively maintained.  My problems are minor bugs causing Mapserver to
> crash; I'm still working on them...
>   
We're using a PERL lib lib PDF2, that we use the images with.  It's 
pretty good, and has some recent addition that helped out some recently.
>> One thing I forgot to mention, was that I se this Printing (client side)
>> layout canvas, as being populated with any URL type of call, not just
>> mapping based.  I may be reaching for the stars though on that one, but
>> it would be easy enough to work with raster images to begin with.
>>
>> One other thought in the back of my head is related to 3D data, while
>> we've only experimented with output to date, we can export chunks of the
>> City as X3D data for example, this type of approach you've outlined, my
>> be related to 3D editing and viewing as well.
>>     
>
> An interesting approach may be Adobe's 3D extension to PDF.  Have a look
> at http://www.photogrammetry.eu/ for an example.
>   
Hmm, interesting. Took a while to load into the reader, but interesting 
still.  Lot's of viewing possibilities, might need to look harder at 
this.  I'll send you a screen shot of our X3D output, it's very similar 
to this.  We're concentrating on the Infrastructure though, I have the 
City in 1 foot contours, and the entire Sewer infrastructure available.
>   
>> You seem to be up on these packages, can they be scripted in any way for
>> retrieval from the web?  Or is that a two step process?  Do these
>> packages blow up with big files?
>>     
>
> I seem to recall that they did have difficultly with large raster.
>   
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I downloaded the Scribus package and 
played around with it a bit.
>> I hop you're happy, now you got me thinking about all sorts of new
>> stuff, like how to teach folks about using a standalone package like
>> this,  I hate installing standalone stuff for exactly this reason if I
>> can avoid it.
>>     
>
> The lack of a map composition tool is a large hole in the FOSS4G stack, so
> the more people thinking about a solution the better!
>   
I don't hear too many people chasing after a solution though.

bobb
> Brent
>
bobb

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