[mapserver-users] Some issues with SLD and MapServer 6.0.0 Beta RC1

[Yewondwossen Assefa]

Sorry I hit send  with finishing the e-mail. I will through each items 
tomorrow and report.

On 28/04/2011 3:10 PM, Yewondwossen Assefa wrote:
> On 28/04/2011 9:34 AM, Arnd Wippermann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm interested in map styling with SLD and have tested it locally with
>> MapServer 6.0.0 Beta RC1 windows binaries from www.gisinternals.com.
>>
>> I have created an online application to play with SLD and the different
>> MapServer versions.
>> http://gis.ibbeck.de/ginfo/apps/OLExamples/OL210/MapServer_SLD_World/MapServ 
>>
>> er_SLD_World.asp
>>
>> There the below issues can be seen. For the online application I have 
>> only
>> 6.0.0 Beta 7 available, but it is the same with RC1.
>>
>> Most things work great and create a good looking output.
>>
>> But some things doesn't work as expected.
>>
>> 1.
>> It seems, that the output directory for debug is set static to
>> C:\Windows\Temp.
>> msApplySLD(): Map file after SLD was applied
>> C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\4db963c5_ab0_1._sld.map
>> IMGPATH or IMGURL is not take in account.
>>
> Temporary files are now written into the tmp directory location. It 
> depends on the platform but should respect the environment variables 
> set on your platform regarding temporary paths. It is not hardcoded in 
> Mapserver.  Ticket http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3354 has 
> notes on this.
>
>> 2. fill external symbol
>> Polygon fill with external graphic is erratic. If I zoom in one level 
>> i get
>> one tile (South America).
>> It creates a file
>> "http%3A%2F%2Fgis.ibbeck.de%2FOLClient%2FSLD%2Fsmileyface.png" in
>> C:\Windows\Temp.
>>
>> 3. Continent, Continent_Else
>> Filter PropertyIsLike doesn't work. With 5.6.1 it is ok.
>> Expression from generated mapfile : EXPRESSION ("[Continent]" =~ 
>> /^Africa/)
>>
>> 4. or_like_abcdef
>> Filter Or and PropertyIsLike doesn't work. With 5.6.1 only the last 
>> entry of
>> PropertyIsLike are taken.
>> With Or and PropertyIsEqualTo all entries are taken in both versions.
>> Expression from generated mapfile (6 beta): EXPRESSION ( ("[country]" =~
>> /^A/) Or  ( ("[country]" =~ /^B/) Or  ( ("[country]" =~ /^C/) Or  (
>> ("[country]" =~ /^D/) Or  ( ("[country]" =~ /^E/) Or  ("[country]" =~ 
>> /^F/))
>> ) ) ) )
>>
>> msEvalExpression: Expression parser error. Failed to parse expression:
>> ("[country]" =~ /^A/) Or ...
>>
>> With changing =* to ~* and / to " the mapfile works :
>> EXPRESSION ( ("[country]" ~* "^A") Or  ( ("[country]" ~* "^B") Or ...
>>
>> It seems, that in the generated mapfile is a wrong expression.
>>
>> 5. symbol fill rotated
>> Polygon fill with rotated square looks interesting, but not as 
>> expected. Try
>> with 5.6.1.
>>
>> 6. fill solid
>> Polygon with solid fill without stroke shows thin lines of the borders.
>>
>> Some other issues are likely not supported by MapServer, but would be 
>> nice
>> to have them.
>>
>> A.
>> Changing the hatch width with sld. see "group3, hatch" as it is possible
>> with mapfile class.
>>
>> B.
>> UserStyles from applied SLD not supported in WMS Styles
>>
>> C.
>> WMS request GetStyles creates only one userstyle with rules from the
>> different styles described in the mapfile. Should it not create 
>> different
>> userstyles for each style described in the mapfile?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Arnd
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
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