[Chameleon] Odd color switching when using identify andtransparency is set

Jennifer Shanks jennifer at greeninfo.org
Fri Jan 20 13:12:27 EST 2006


Thanks Josh and Aaron,

Adding both of those items to my mapfile solved the problem!  The 
colors are fine now.

Thanks again!

Jennifer

At 07:51 PM 1/19/2006, you wrote:
>Good point Aaron.
>
>Another angle on this can be found at 
>http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/data2/wilma/mapserver-users/0310/msg00283.html
>
>Try adding that PROCESSING directive, and you can still get away 
>with 8bit image output (smaller filesize), which works nicely for 
>many maps that don't have color imagery.
>
>   -Josh
>
>Aaron Racicot wrote:
>>Hi there Jennifer,
>>Glad to hear things are going well with your app.  It might have to do
>>with you not defining an IMAGETYPE in your mapfile and defaulting to an
>>8-bit image type?  Running out of colors is a common problem people run
>>into.  Try switching to something like:
>>IMAGETYPE  png24
>>Not sure if that is the problem, but maybe it will get you going again!
>>Take care,
>>Aaron
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: chameleon-bounces at lists.maptools.org
>>[mailto:chameleon-bounces at lists.maptools.org] On Behalf Of Jennifer
>>Shanks
>>Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 3:09 PM
>>To: chameleon at lists.maptools.org
>>Subject: [Chameleon] Odd color switching when using identify
>>andtransparency is set
>>
>>Hello,
>>Everything was fine with my map colors until I added TRANSPARENCY 
>>80 to my Parks layer.
>>My querymap hilite is set to red.  I also have another layer 
>>campgrounds that is symbolized by red triangles.  The colors look 
>>fine if I'm just panning and zooming.  When I use identify tool to 
>>click on a park, the hilite for the polygon is black and all of my 
>>campground symbols also turn black.
>>After more experimenting, I found that if I turn off the hillshade 
>>raster, I don't have the color switching problem.
>>Any suggestions as to what the problem might be?  I've attached my 
>>mapfile below.
>>Regards,
>>Jennifer
>>
>>#
>># Start of map file
>>#
>># Sample map file for a chameleon app.
>>#
>>NAME DEMO
>>STATUS ON
>>SIZE 360 360
>>SYMBOLSET ../etc/symbols.sym
>>EXTENT 440057.57 4079087.55 675801.58 4300037.25
>>UNITS METERS
>>SHAPEPATH "../data"
>>IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255
>>FONTSET ../etc/fonts.txt
>>TRANSPARENT FALSE
>>
>>
>>#
>># Start of web interface definition
>>#
>>WEB
>>    #MINSCALE 2000000
>>    #MAXSCALE 50000000
>>#
>># On Windows systems, /tmp and /tmp/ms_tmp/ should be created at the
>>root # of the drive where the .MAP file resides. #
>>    IMAGEPATH "/ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/"
>>    IMAGEURL "/ms_tmp/"
>>#  LOG "/tmp/gmap.log"
>>    METADATA
>>    END
>>END
>>#
>># Start of reference map
>>#
>>REFERENCE
>>     IMAGE images/keymap.gif
>>     EXTENT 440057.57 4079087.55 675801.58 4300037.25
>>     STATUS ON
>>    COLOR -1 -1 -1
>>    OUTLINECOLOR 255 0 0
>>    SIZE 90 90
>>END
>>#
>># Start of legend
>>#
>>LEGEND
>>    KEYSIZE 18 12
>>    LABEL
>>      TYPE BITMAP
>>      SIZE MEDIUM
>>      COLOR 0 0 89
>>    END
>>    STATUS ON
>>END
>>#
>># Start of scalebar
>>#
>>SCALEBAR
>>    IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255
>>    LABEL
>>      COLOR 0 0 0
>>      SIZE SMALL
>>    END
>>    SIZE 150 5
>>    COLOR 255 255 255
>>    BACKGROUNDCOLOR 0 0 0
>>    OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
>>    UNITS miles
>>    INTERVALS 5
>>    STATUS ON
>>END
>>QUERYMAP
>>    STATUS ON
>>    STYLE Hilite
>>    COLOR 255 0 0
>>END
>>PROJECTION
>>      "init=epsg:32610"
>>END
>>#
>># Start of layer definitions
>>#
>>LAYER
>>    GROUP "Raster"
>>    NAME "Hillshade"
>>    MAXSCALE 1000000
>>    METADATA
>>      "DESCRIPTION" "Elevation/Hillshade"
>>      "GROUP" "Raster"
>>      "LAYER" "hillshade"
>>      SHOWINLEGEND "nope"
>>    END
>>    TYPE RASTER
>>    STATUS ON
>>    DATA sfbay_30m_hlshd_blur.tif
>>PROJECTION
>>      "init=epsg:32610"
>>END
>>END #layer
>>LAYER
>>    GROUP "Polygon"
>>    NAME "County Boundaries"
>>    METADATA
>>      "DESCRIPTION" "County Boundaries"
>>      "GROUP" "Polygon"
>>      "LAYER" "cty24utm"
>>      SHOWINLEGEND "nope"
>>    END
>>    TYPE POLYGON
>>    STATUS ON
>>    DATA cty24utm
>>    TRANSPARENCY 80
>>    CLASS
>>      NAME "County Boundaries"
>>      COLOR 255 255 230
>>      OUTLINECOLOR 199 199 199
>>    END
>>PROJECTION
>>      "init=epsg:32610"
>>END
>>END # layer
>>
>>LAYER
>>    GROUP "Polygon"
>>    NAME "Bay & Ocean"
>>    METADATA
>>      "DESCRIPTION" "Bay & Ocean"
>>      "GROUP" "Polygon"
>>      "LAYER" "bay_ocean_trim"
>>      SHOWINLEGEND "nope"
>>    END
>>    TYPE POLYGON
>>    STATUS ON
>>    DATA bay_ocean_trim
>>    TRANSPARENCY 100
>>    CLASS
>>      NAME "Bay & Ocean"
>>      COLOR 233 239 245
>>      OUTLINECOLOR 233 239 245
>>    END
>>PROJECTION
>>      "init=epsg:32610"
>>END
>>END # layer
>>
>>LAYER
>>    GROUP "Polygon"
>>    NAME "Parks"
>>    METADATA
>>      "DESCRIPTION"   "Parks"
>>      "RESULT_FIELDS" "HOLD_NAME"
>>      "GROUP" "Polygon"
>>      "LAYER" "parks_pub_diss.shp"
>>    END
>>    TYPE POLYGON
>>    STATUS ON
>>    DATA "parks_pub_diss.shp"
>>    LABELCACHE on
>>    LABELITEM "HOLD_NAME"
>>    LABELMAXSCALE 200000
>>    TRANSPARENCY 80
>>      CLASS
>>      EXPRESSION ('[Min_ACCESS]' eq 'Restricted Public Access')
>>      NAME "Open Space"
>>      COLOR 255 204 102
>>      OUTLINECOLOR 1 139 132
>>      TEMPLATE "ttt_query.html"
>>      LABEL
>>         TYPE truetype
>>         FONT "sans"
>>         SIZE 7
>>         COLOR 1 139 132
>>         OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
>>         MINDISTANCE 300
>>         POSITION cc
>>         WRAP ' '
>>         MINFEATURESIZE 40
>>      END #LABEL
>>    END
>>    CLASS
>>      EXPRESSION ('[Min_ACCESS]' eq 'Open Public Access')
>>      NAME "Open Space"
>>      COLOR 204 221 153
>>      OUTLINECOLOR 1 139 132
>>      TEMPLATE "ttt_query.html"
>>      LABEL
>>         TYPE truetype
>>         FONT "sans"
>>         SIZE 7
>>         COLOR 1 139 132
>>         OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
>>         MINDISTANCE 300
>>         POSITION cc
>>         WRAP ' '
>>         MINFEATURESIZE 40
>>      END #LABEL
>>    END
>>    TOLERANCE 5
>>PROJECTION
>>      "init=epsg:32610"
>>END
>>END # Layer
>>LAYER
>>    GROUP "Line"
>>    NAME "Trails"
>>    METADATA
>>      "DESCRIPTION" "Trails"
>>      "GROUP" "Line"
>>      "LAYER" "trails_current"
>>    END
>>    TYPE LINE
>>    TEMPLATE "ttt_query.html"
>>    STATUS ON
>>    MAXSCALE 800000
>>    DATA trails_current
>>    CLASS
>>      EXPRESSION ('[STATUS]' eq 'Existing')
>>      NAME "Trails"
>>      SIZE 1
>>      SYMBOL 'dashed'
>>      COLOR 160 119 85
>>    END
>>PROJECTION
>>      "init=epsg:32610"
>>END
>>    TOLERANCE 10
>>END # Layer
>>
>>#Campgrounds
>>LAYER
>>    GROUP "Point"
>>    NAME "Campgrounds"
>>    METADATA
>>      "DESCRIPTION" "Campgrounds"
>>      "GROUP" "Point"
>>      "LAYER" "campgrounds"
>>    END
>>    TYPE POINT
>>    STATUS ON
>>    DATA campgrounds
>>    CLASS
>>      NAME "Campgrounds"
>>      TEMPLATE "ttt_query.html"
>>      SIZE 7
>>      SYMBOL 4
>>      COLOR 255 0 0
>>    END
>>PROJECTION
>>      "init=epsg:32610"
>>END
>>    TOLERANCE 5
>>END # Layer
>>SYMBOL
>>    NAME 'dashed'
>>    TYPE ELLIPSE
>>    POINTS 1 1 END
>>    FILLED true
>>    STYLE 3 3 3 3 END
>>END
>>END # Map File
>>
>>****************************
>>Jennifer Shanks
>>GreenInfo Network
>>116 New Montgomery, Suite 738
>>San Francisco, CA 94105
>>(415) 979-0343 x 306
>>(415) 979-0371 FAX
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Jennifer Shanks
GreenInfo Network
116 New Montgomery, Suite 738
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 979-0343 x 306
(415) 979-0371 FAX
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