[mapserver-users] Resolution of PDF Output

[Tim-Hinnerk Heuer]

To answer my own question: PDF output is supported but raster layers are rendered as JPG and not PNG.

Would it be possible to render raster layers with a lossless image compression for better quality? I guess Mapfish Print still has its place because it supports nice marginalia. However, with PDF output support I would suspect Mapserver to be a lot quicker because it has direct access to the spatial db.

Wouldn't it be possible to request a PDF from Mapserver and then simply draw it onto another PDF with the marginalia around it? That would mean speed AND nicely formatted output.

Regards,
Tim

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:09 PM, Tim-Hinnerk Heuer <heuert at landcareresearch.co.nz<mailto:heuert at landcareresearch.co.nz>> wrote:
Hi Thomas,

Does Mapserver support PDF output? What about marginalia?

Regards,
Tim


On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 10:11 PM, thomas bonfort <thomas.bonfort at gmail.com<mailto:thomas.bonfort at gmail.com>> wrote:
The pdf is problably generated at 72 dpi, i.e. approx 28 pixels/cm

1000 pixels / (28 pixels/cm) = 35.71 cm, i.e. with rounding occuring
close to your 352 mm.

reagrds,
thomas

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Sven Geggus
<lists at fuchsschwanzdomain.de<mailto:lists at fuchsschwanzdomain.de>> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> for PDF generation I would usually like to output Data in Papersizes (A3,
> A4, ...) but in shp2img or CGI Interface I can only specify pixels.
>
> How does this size correspond to the size shown in acrobat reader?
>
> If I take 1000 Pixels this will result in 352.8mm
>
> Where does this factor of 2.838 originate from?
>
>
> Regards
>
> Sven
>
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