#MAPSERVER IRC Log - 2010-02-05

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00:36:57 outer_space: is there a way to make a legend have all the polygon names in it without making a class for each one?
02:19:33 lucianjp: I just posted a question about mapserver on stackoverflow if anyone have an answer. It was easier to explain than writing on IRC :- ) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2206738/mapscript-symbolset-dynamic-creation-isnt-rendered
02:19:34 sigabrt: Title: Mapscript symbolset dynamic creation isn't rendered? - Stack Overflow ( at stackoverflow.com )
02:20:02 lucianjp: Going to lunch in the meantime
03:08:27 lucianjp: back
03:08:30 lucianjp: anyone have an ide
03:08:34 lucianjp: idea****
06:02:23 lucianjp: found my solution had to affect symbol = [index] with the symbolname
09:29:06 msavarese: good afternoon, MapServer newbie here. It was suggested on the OpenLayers IRC to use the Layer.WMS constructer instead of Layer.MapServer.If so, what parameters are used to construct a MapServer mapfile?
09:29:46 msavarese: the following gives me multipe pink tiles within my <div> layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS( "harwich","http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=C:\ms4w\apps\landbank\mapdata\harwich.map",{layers:"hjw_edit_layer"} );
09:30:28 racicot: msavarese: you need to make sure that your mapfile uses syntax that allows it to be a WMS server. There are lots of examples and docs: http://mapserver.org/ogc/wms_server.html
09:30:29 sigabrt: Title: WMS Server MapServer 5.6.1 documentation ( at mapserver.org )
09:31:48 msavarese: ok thanks, I'll check it out.
09:39:24 tbnorth: hi all - building mapserver on ubuntu 9.10 - are the features listed by configure enabled unless it specifically says they're not?
09:43:16 aboudreault: tbnorth: depends. Some options will try to find the needed libraries to enable the support, some not.
09:44:18 tbnorth: ok, thx
09:45:17 aboudreault: tbnorth: you might be interested in UbuntuGIS, if you are looking for binary packages: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGIS
09:45:19 sigabrt: Title: UbuntuGIS - Ubuntu Wiki ( at wiki.ubuntu.com )
09:46:02 tbnorth: aboudreault: thanks - I want to use geomoose 2.2, and I want a full set of features. I'll look at UbuntuGIS
09:50:13 tbnorth: aboudreault: I see UbuntuGIS is largely your work, cool. What's its status vs. 9.10 Karmic?
09:54:17 aboudreault: mostly the same than hardy/jaunty. I tend to maintain everything at the same state.
09:54:40 aboudreault: You can see the karmic's packages there: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugis/+archive/ubuntugis-unstable/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=karmic
09:54:42 sigabrt: Title: Packages in “ubuntugis-unstable” : ubuntugis-unstable : “UbuntuGis” team ( at launchpad.net )
09:55:34 tbnorth: thx
10:02:49 tbnorth: aboudreault: is UbuntuGIS i386 only - I'm using amd64 ?
10:04:15 aboudreault: All packages are built for i386, amd64 and lpia.
10:05:10 tbnorth: ok, I get Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ppa/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz 404 Not Found
10:05:31 tbnorth: Am I doing something wrong with the /etc/apt/sources line?
10:05:50 tbnorth: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
10:05:52 sigabrt: Title: Index of /ubuntugis/ppa/ubuntu ( at ppa.launchpad.net )
10:06:46 aboudreault: This is the stable PPA. Only the unstable PPA contains packages for karmic.
10:06:49 aboudreault: Use this line: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu karmic main
10:06:50 sigabrt: Title: Index of /ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu ( at ppa.launchpad.net )
10:07:13 tbnorth: ah, thanks
10:07:29 aboudreault: np
11:10:20 : * hobu can't believe it's already been 7 years http://old-mapserver.gis.umn.edu/mum/index2003.html
11:18:44 pramsey: "ZMapServer: A Mapping Applications Framework for Zope"
11:18:49 pramsey: most excellent
11:19:04 hobu: didn't know about that?
11:19:57 pramsey: no, and now the world has turned away from zope
11:20:37 pramsey: 2013 will have to be the "well, that's that" conference.
11:20:41 pramsey: 10 years is enough.
11:21:42 hobu: the world has turned quite far away from zope. compared to what we do now, all that stuff at that meeting is tinker toys...
11:22:57 hobu: Chris is a zoper who sums zope up rather well http://plope.com/Members/chrism/succeeding_poorly
11:22:58 sigabrt: Title: plope - The Curse of Allowing People to Succeed Poorly ( at plope.com )
11:23:12 hobu: mapserver has this problem in a number of areas too
11:24:14 hobu: The buildup to mum1 had me learning how to program C by using swig to wrap the ArcSDE C API. It was as much of a disaster as you would expect ; )
11:25:21 FrankW: That writeup explains why I'm not keen on PixelFunctions in VRT format. :- )
11:25:56 pramsey: so has the mum1 content been archived/saved?
11:26:35 hobu: that we can view it on the web would imply it is at least saveable
11:26:49 hobu: i have the mum3/2005 stuff on a plone instance if worse comes to worse
11:27:01 hobu: I think Perry input all that stuff into the old plone mapserver website
11:27:10 pramsey: ouch
11:27:31 pramsey: well, i'll slurp mum1 over to osgeo we we can put it into the foss4g.org heirarchy
11:29:39 hobu: wayback machine would have it too
11:30:44 : * pramsey wonders where the 2006 archive got dropped.
11:30:52 pramsey: can't see it on upload.osgeo.org
11:30:59 FrankW: I think Tyler put it on osgeo1.
11:31:51 pramsey: Hm. Problem for anohter day : )
12:49:50 s34n: what is the best data format for mapserver?
12:50:06 s34n: I've read that shape files are the fastest and postgis is close
12:52:39 s34n: or is this more of an ogr question than a mapserver question?
12:58:01 s34n: my three main sources of data right now are shape files, autcad drawings, and postgresql-backed applications
12:58:30 s34n: the shapefiles are no problem, of course
12:58:54 s34n: and we will get more and more clever about integrating elements from the pg-backed apps
13:00:05 s34n: but I'm trying to figure out the best way to integrate autocad data
13:02:23 nhv: would dxf work
13:03:12 s34n: perhaps
13:04:12 s34n: I'm thinking we will eventually try to get to where we need to manipulate individual elements of the autocad files
13:04:24 s34n: shapefiles, too, for that matter
13:05:01 s34n: give them emphasis on demand, etc.
13:06:19 s34n: nhv: is that possible with the various scripting tools?
13:06:50 s34n: also, with dxf, the entire file becomes one layer, right?
13:07:08 s34n: so you would have to save layers into individual files...?
13:07:50 s34n: mapserver doesn't do sdf, right?
13:08:05 nhv: or tables in a db
13:09:04 s34n: nhv: save autocad drawings into db tables?
13:18:38 s34n: are dgn files better than dxf?