#MAPSERVER IRC Log - 2010-01-25

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01:16:26 outer_space: somehow uiLayoutCenter has a bunch of inline css added to it, where does all this junk come from if its not in the html or css files?
01:16:53 outer_space: grepping for a margin number that was added turns up nothing
04:48:38 leo-unglaub_work: hi, a question, i have a folder with 20 raster ecw images. can i create a mapfile with ab "image catalog" or is it nessesary to define for every image a own layer?
04:49:33 crschmidt: Read about a Tile Index.
04:49:55 crschmidt: generally speaking: gdaltindex index.shp *.ecw; then a TILEINDEX index.shp in your mapfile layer
04:52:00 leo-unglaub_work: ah, thank you !
04:55:48 nhv: http://mapserver.org/input/raster.html#rasters-and-tile-indexing
04:55:49 sigabrt: Title: Raster Data MapServer 5.6.1 documentation ( at mapserver.org )
04:57:13 leo-unglaub_work: nhv: thank you !!!!!
06:07:11 fhuxol: hi there, i have a question regarding thread safety and mapserver. http://www.mapserver.org/faq.html explicitly says, that only one thread can access postgis-data at a time. then how is it possible, that mapserver scores so well in that category in the 2009 foss4g-shootout?
06:07:12 sigabrt: Title: FAQ MapServer 5.6.1 documentation ( at www.mapserver.org )
06:08:16 crschmidt: fhuxol: It is possible that MapServer was configured on a 'pre-fork' apache server?
06:08:34 crschmidt: hm, no, that wouldn't do it, I guess.
06:13:59 fhuxol: if i think about 40 parallel requests or so and they only have consecutive access to a postgis database, then the only option would be, that each single postgis request would endure a neglectable amount of time.
06:14:19 crschmidt: fhuxol: In general, I presume that there were a significant number of mapserver fastcgi workers.
06:22:18 CIA-48: sdlime * r9742 /branches/branch-5-6/docs/_static/sphinx.css: Changed stylesheet to explicitly specific a background color for the footer and then set the body background to white...
06:52:28 miblon: hi, got a question. I have a tileindexed tiff layer. It shows perfect. I now also want to create a black and white representation for the same layer. Do I have to create B/W copies of my tiffs? Or can I use a mapserver layer styling to do that for me?
07:00:25 fhuxol: should be doable with styling. if i remember correctly you could set two different classes depending on the pixel value in a layer. one of these layers you could paint white, the other black ... at least that's how i would try to solve this
07:01:33 crschmidt: miblon: Is your tiff 3-bands? or just one?
07:01:42 crschmidt: trying to figure out how you want to take an RGB image and make it black and white
07:01:45 miblon: crschmidt: ehm, let me check
07:02:35 crschmidt: if it's 8-bit, you probably have a color palette, and I guess you could create a mapping; if it's 3-band, well, it would be easy to take one of the bands and make them the grayscale band, I suppose, but it feels odd to me
07:02:39 miblon: crschmidt: I see. I am hoping mapserver is more intelligent then me in determining that. Oops, language mismatch. In dutch we say "black and white" but mean greyscale..
07:02:55 crschmidt: Yeah, I understood that much : )
07:07:18 miblon: crschmidt: it's 8 bit
07:08:58 miblon: When I use MS Office picture manager *bleagh* and put saturation at -100, it is how I need it to become, a nice clean greyscale
07:17:02 : * miblon grabs a shovel and digs through mapserver.org
07:22:12 crschmidt: whoa, the mapserver homepage changed
07:22:22 crschmidt: miblon: my guess is that if there's anything you want, it's PROCESSING directives
07:22:50 aboudreault: It is cool, nah? : )
07:25:21 : * jmckenna asked steve if we can change the bold red footer to the logo-green
07:34:13 miblon: \exit
07:46:04 CIA-48: jmckenna * r9743 /branches/branch-5-6/docs/ ( 2 files in 2 dirs ): replace foss4g2009 logo with 2010 logo
07:48:18 jlivni: mapserver homepage suggestion: put the quick search toolbar below the top right nav-links
07:48:26 jlivni: or at least above the table of contents
07:51:10 CIA-48: aboudreault * r9744 /trunk/mapserver/ ( 4 files in 2 dirs ): PHP/Mapscript: added labelCacheMember object and mapObj::getLabel( ) method ( #1794 )
07:52:56 CIA-48: jmckenna * r9745 /trunk/docs/ ( 2 files in 2 dirs ): replace foss4g2009 logo with 2010 logo
08:19:52 CIA-48: aboudreault * r9746 /trunk/docs/en/mapscript/php/index.txt: Added labelcachemember object documentation
09:22:06 CIA-48: aboudreault * r9747 /trunk/docs/en/mapscript/php/index.txt: modified a small mistake in the last changeset
10:04:23 CIA-48: hobu * r9748 /branches/branch-5-6/docs/_templates/indexsidebar.html: clean up double // in link
10:08:21 jmckenna: sorry u could have just let me know..i just added that recently
10:08:30 jmckenna: i will correct in trunk
10:10:19 CIA-48: jmckenna * r9749 /trunk/docs/_templates/indexsidebar.html: remove extra / in 2010 link
10:14:01 CIA-48: hobu * r9750 /branches/branch-5-6/docs/en/faq.txt: FAQ entry about MapServer's logo
10:18:03 CIA-48: hobu * r9751 /trunk/docs/en/faq.txt: bring forward r9750
11:07:36 Sean_: alguem do brasil?
11:16:22 Sean_: Can someone hepl me with php mapscritp? some expert?
11:17:20 crschmidt: Sean_: Ask the question.
11:20:33 Sean_: I need to show a layer of points generated by my database
11:20:49 Sean_: using php
11:21:18 Sean_: I am newbie
11:23:39 Sean_: I have deeds registered in my database and I want to transform them into a layer of points that were automatically created, because, statistically, I can already do it
11:29:37 Sean_: I only need a simple example...
11:42:07 jmckenna: Sean_: check the MapServer wiki...there might be an example that might help you. Also, as you travel down this path, you could add in your own simple example, by editing that wiki online, so you will help the next fellow coming through the door
11:42:12 jmckenna: http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/PHPMapScript
11:42:14 sigabrt: Title: PHPMapScript - MapServer - Trac ( at trac.osgeo.org )
11:44:05 Sean_: ok...thks guys
11:44:37 jmckenna: thank me my adding in your simple example, after you get something working ; )
11:46:01 Sean_: ok
11:46:08 jmckenna: cool
11:52:39 Sean_: thks everybody...
13:32:46 tomkralidis: pramsey: I get a build error on trunk http://www.pastebin.ca/1765784 related to r9737 ?
13:32:47 sigabrt: Title: pastebin - Stuff - post number 1765784 ( at www.pastebin.ca )
13:32:48 tomkralidis: sorry, build warning, NOT error
13:33:28 pramsey: tomkralidis: looking
13:34:46 pramsey: thanks, got a little carried away intiailizing my pointers
13:35:53 CIA-48: pramsey * r9752 /trunk/mapserver/mappostgis.c: Change intializer to right type.
13:37:27 tomkralidis: thanks pramsey. w.r.t. #3251, this is at LAYER level metadata, yes?
13:38:13 pramsey: right
13:38:44 tomkralidis: sounds good to me to go ahead.
15:54:54 CIA-48: pramsey * r9753 /trunk/mapserver/ ( HISTORY.TXT mapraster.c ): Apply ON_MISSING_DATA to zero-length WMS client calls ( #2785, #3243 )
18:58:35 CIA-48: sdlime * r9754 /branches/branch-5-6/docs/_static/sphinx.css: Changed out the red in the footer for the green in the logo...
19:02:06 CIA-48: sdlime * r9755 /branches/branch-5-6/docs/en/mapfile/template.txt: Updated templating documentation to reflect the need for a magic string.
19:03:56 CIA-48: sdlime * r9756 /trunk/docs/en/mapfile/template.txt: Updated templating documentation to reflect the need for a magic string.
19:10:47 CIA-48: sdlime * r9757 /trunk/docs/ ( 6 files in 4 dirs ): Added new design ( already in 5.6 branch ) to trunk.
19:12:20 CIA-48: sdlime * r9758 /trunk/docs/en/download.txt: Whoops, fixing...
19:22:30 CIA-48: sdlime * r9759 /branches/branch-5-6/docs/_static/sphinx.css: Removed underlining from links in h1-h3 elements since they are almost always just used for build navigation.
19:25:12 CIA-48: sdlime * r9760 /trunk/docs/_static/sphinx.css: Removed underlining from links in h1-h3 elements since they are almost always just used for build navigation.