[mapserver-users] Fwd: Constraining WMS output type

[Rahkonen Jukka]

Hi,

I would have a try by defining a 8-bit png outputformat for img/png MIME type and using wms_getmap_formatlist in the metadata. How have you defined the png8 now in your mapfile?

-Jukka Rahkonen-
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Jan Hartmann wrote:


> Hi all,

> Is there a way to restrict the output types Mapserver offers as a WMS service, e.g. only png 8-bits? In QGIS, when I choose "png" as output for a WMS layer, I always get back png24 rasters, even if I explicitly specify png8 as outputtype in the mapfile.

> Not sure if this would be according to the WMS specs, though.
> Jan