SV: [mapserver-users] Newbie feedback

[Smith, Michael ERDC-CRREL-NH]

Steve,

I have an OSGeo login and have created tickets in the past but was getting
this same error last night.

Mike


-- 
Michael Smith
RSGIS Center
US Army Corps of Engineers



On 8/12/09  1:03 PM, "Steve Lime" <Steve.Lime at dnr.state.mn.us> wrote:

> Have you created an OSGeo login? Visit
> http://www.osgeo.org/osgeo_userid. Once
> you have that you should have rights to create tickets in the MapServer
> trac instance.
> 
> Steve
> 
>>>> On 8/12/2009 at 1:38 AM, in message
> <2349CC72A0B01C4FAA4FFAE6C735E1DDE291E7 at enerasrv01.Enera.local>, "Lars
> Westerlind" <lars.westerlind at enera.se> wrote:
>> Hello Jeff,
>> Thanks for clarifications.
>> I don't have TICKET_CREATE privilege it says.
>> Cheers,
>> Lars
>> 
>> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
>> Från: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>> [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] För Jeff McKenna
>> Skickat: 11 August 2009 20:34
>> Till: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
>> Ämne: Re: [mapserver-users] Newbie feedback
>> 
>> Hello Lars,
>> 
>> My comments are inline below:
>> 
>> Lars Westerlind wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>> 
>>> we newly installed Mapserver as ms4w installation on windows; and we
> are 
>>> very satisfied.
>> 
>> great!
>> 
>>> 
>>> We got up and running very fast, even though we are not fluent in
> the 
>>> techniques
>>> 
>>> used (in Partiucar, Apache webserver). However, I want to share a
> few 
>>> small points that caused
>>> 
>>> unnecessary problems.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> 1. A suggestion where in the directory structure to put the mapfiles
> 
>>> would be appreciated. If there are
>>> 
>>> different meanings, give two or three scenarios. Also include the
> looks 
>>> of the URL reference to the mapfile.
>> 
>> You should download the MS4W addon packed named "PHP/MapScript Sample
> 
>> Application" for an example directory structure.  Here is my advice:
>> 
>> - place the application in /ms4w/apps
>> - /apps/yourapp/ should contain:
>>      /data (your data files)
>>      /docs (any relevant docs)
>>      /etc  (font and symbol files)
>>      /htdocs (application files - often html, js, or php*)
>>      /maps (your mapfiles)
>> 
>>> 
>>> 2. Why not enclose a small working example with one simplest
> possible 
>>> mapfile and one shapefile set? And
>>> 
>>> perhaps another more advanced mapfile with some common techniques
> exposed?
>> 
>> MS4W tries to do that, by providing you working examples that you can
> 
>> play around with.
>> 
>>> 
>>> 3. Font handling caused me much problems. As it is a windows
>>> installation, it could be at least a insall note / readme
> describing
>>> 
>>> where to search for the .ttf files. The Mapserver documentation
> doesn't 
>>> say anything about Windows, and in Windows you need not be very
>>> 
>>> aware of where to find the font files, so it took some time to find
> out. 
>>> It appears that the documentation is not very clear either;
>>> 
>>> I hade to create a fontset file and refer to it to get it work; the
> 
>>> documentation hints that font references could be written in the
> fontset
>>> 
>>> clause, but I didn't manage.
>> 
>> The best way to provide feedback on documentation (and make sure it
> is 
>> recorded) is to file a ticket in the MapServer tracker
>> (http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/), using the "MapServer
> Documentation" 
>> component.  It would be great help if your ticket could contain
>> suggested text that should be added to the page you are referring to.
> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>>> 
>>> 4. The default font handling (bitmap) was confusing as it appears to
> be 
>>> ascii based, where the
>>> 
>>>  true type font appears to be Unicode/UTF-8 based. When doing the
>>> correct 'encoding', the output was silly until I managed to handel
> the
>>> 
>>> true type fonts correctly.
>> 
>> Maybe to be included in your ticket's text?
>> 
>>> 
>>> 5. I would suggest more examples in the documentation, especially
> around 
>>> mapfile editing. In examles you
>>> 
>>> would also get punctuation issues and such
>> 
>> Please do provide any examples that you think are relevant.  You can
> 
>> also post examples and anything that you feel is helpful to others on
> 
>> the MapServer Wiki (see lower section of
>> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/)...it's an easy way to add to the
>> documentation and help others quickly!
>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> I think that was my most important points I think.
>>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for the feedback, keep it coming! :)
>> 
>> -jeff
>> 
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