[mapserver-users] MapServer CGI 5.6.6 and MapServer CGI 6.0.2 image quality varies.

Sun Apr 1 23:10:51 PDT 2012

Hi,

Thanks that resolved the issue.
I was requesting the image as png, so added below lines to map file
with jpeg substituted for png.
Thank you for the quick reply :)

Regards,
Dinni

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:11 AM, thomas bonfort
<thomas.bonfort at gmail.com> wrote:
> how are you requesting the image ?
>
> you can add this to your mapfile:
>
> outputformat
>  name "aggjpeg"
>  driver "AGG/JPEG"
>  mimetype "image/jpeg"
>  imagemode rgb
> end
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 06:47, Chandrakant Dinni
> <chandrakant.dinni at edurite.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The attached images are from same map files (bluemarble imagery from
>> http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=57752) .
>>
>> 1)Improper_Mapserver5.6.6.JPG the colours are not smooth,the picture
>> is pixellated in Mapserver 5.6.6
>> 2) Proper_Mapserver6.0.2.JPG  the colours are smooth in Mapserver 6.0.2.
>>
>> How can I make the image show properly in 5.6.6, what makes the difference ?
>> Tried using untiled images but the result is the same in 5.6.6.There
>> could me some mapserver setting or preprocessing to be done on image
>> files.
>>
>> Right now I am doing only this to get the final images.
>> gdal_translate -co TILED=YES land_shallow_topo_8192.tif
>> land_shallow_topo_8192_TILED.tif
>> gdaladdo --config GDAL_CACHEMAX 1500 -r average
>> land_shallow_topo_8192_TILED.tif 4 8 16 32 64 128 256
>>
>> Also any know any better\more detailed sources for public domain atlas
>> images,I am also using http://www.naturalearthdata.com/ as a source of
>> data.
>> Thanks in advance....I am planning to use Mapserver 5.6.6 because the
>> Fusion JavaScript Client is compatible with 5.6.6.
> don't know the specifics of fusion, but if it's javascript only I
> don't think it wouldn't work with 6.0.
>
> regards,
> thomas
>
>>
>> I am using ms4w for testing ,though final server will be on linux.
>> Below is the map file.
>>
>> MAP
>>     NAME "BlueMarble"
>> PROJECTION
>> # "init=EPSG:4326"
>> "proj=latlong"
>> END
>>     STATUS ON
>>     SIZE 10800 5400
>>     EXTENT -180 -90 180 90
>>
>>     UNITS DD
>>     SHAPEPATH "../NaturalEarth"
>> # don't need background colour
>>     # IMAGECOLOR 128 128 255
>>
>>     #
>>     # Start of web interface definition
>>     #
>>     WEB
>>         IMAGEPATH "/ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/"
>>         IMAGEURL "/ms_tmp/"
>> METADATA
>> "wms_title"           "WMS Server"
>> "wms_onlineresource"
>> "http://172.16.1.126/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=/ms4w/data/mapfiles/bluemarble.map&"
>> "wms_extent"  "-180 -90 180 90"
>> "wms_enable_request"  "*"
>> END
>>     END # WEB
>>
>> LAYER
>>      NAME "NasaBlueMarbleOffline"
>>      DATA "./bluemarble/land_shallow_topo_8192_TILED.tif"
>> STATUS ON
>>      TYPE RASTER
>>      PROJECTION
>>        "proj=latlong"
>>      END
>>
>>      METADATA
>> "wms_srs"             "EPSG:4269 EPSG:4326"
>>        "wms_title" "Nasa Blue Marble Offline"
>>      END
>> END
>> LAYER
>> NAME "world_land"
>> DATA "./50m_physical/50m_land.shp"
>> STATUS OFF
>> TYPE POLYGON
>> OPACITY 100
>> CLASS
>> NAME 'Land Outline'
>> STYLE
>> OUTLINECOLOR 184  138  0
>> END # STYLE
>> END # CLASS
>> METADATA
>> "wms_title" "Land Outline"
>> END
>> END # LAYER
>> LAYER
>> NAME "world_freshwater_bodies"
>> DATA "./50m_physical/50m_rivers_lake_centerlines.shp"
>> STATUS OFF
>> TYPE LINE
>> OPACITY 100
>> CLASS
>> NAME 'Fresh Water Bodies'
>> STYLE
>> OUTLINECOLOR 51  102  255
>> END # STYLE
>> END # CLASS
>> METADATA
>> "wms_srs"             "EPSG:4269 EPSG:4326"
>> "wms_title" "Freshwater Bodies Of The World"
>> END
>> END # LAYER
>> LAYER
>> NAME "world_lakes"
>> DATA "./50m_physical/50m_lakes.shp"
>> STATUS OFF
>> TYPE POLYGON
>> OPACITY 100
>> CLASS
>> NAME 'Lakes'
>> STYLE
>> COLOR 0 61 245
>> END # STYLE
>> END # CLASS
>> METADATA
>> "wms_srs"             "EPSG:4269 EPSG:4326"
>> "wms_title" "Lakes Of The World"
>> END
>> END # LAYER
>> LAYER
>> NAME "geographic_points"
>> DATA "./50m_physical/50m_geography_regions_points.shp"
>> STATUS OFF
>> TYPE POINT
>> OPACITY 50
>> CLASS
>> LABEL
>> COLOR  0 0 0
>> OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
>> FONT "sans"
>> TYPE truetype
>> SIZE 6
>> POSITION AUTO
>> PARTIALS FALSE
>> END
>> END # CLASS
>> METADATA
>> "wms_srs"             "EPSG:4269 EPSG:4326"
>> "wms_title" "Major Geographic Points"
>> END
>> END # LAYER
>> LAYER
>> NAME "countries"
>> DATA "./country2007/cntry07_econ.shp"
>> STATUS OFF
>> TYPE POLYGON
>> CLASS
>> NAME 'The Countries Of The World'
>> STYLE
>> OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>> END # STYLE
>> END # CLASS
>> METADATA
>> "wms_srs"             "EPSG:4269 EPSG:4326"
>> "wms_title" "The Countries Of The World"
>> END
>> END # LAYER
>> LAYER
>> NAME "state_lines_usa"
>> DATA "./50m_cultural/ne_50m_admin_1_states_provinces_shp.shp"
>> STATUS OFF
>> TYPE POLYGON
>> CLASS
>> NAME 'States Lines USA'
>> STYLE
>> OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>> END # STYLE
>> END # CLASS
>> METADATA
>> "wms_title" "States Lines USA"
>> END
>> END # LAYER
>> LAYER
>> NAME "urban_areas"
>> DATA "./50m_cultural/ne_50m_urban_areas.shp"
>> STATUS OFF
>> TYPE POLYGON
>> CLASS
>> NAME 'Urban Areas'
>> STYLE
>> OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>> END # STYLE
>> END # CLASS
>> METADATA
>> "wms_title" "Urban Areas"
>> END
>> END # LAYER
>> #LAYER
>> # NAME "populated_places"
>> # DATA "./50m_cultural/ne_50m_populated_places.shp"
>> # STATUS OFF
>> # TYPE POINT
>> #
>> #
>> # METADATA
>> # "wms_title" "Populated Places"
>> # END
>> #
>> #END # LAYER
>>
>>
>> END # MAP
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dinni.
>>
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