[mapserver-users] Antialiased Lines in mapserver?

[Frank Warmerdam]

woodbri@swoodbridge.com wrote:
> Which raises another question in my mind. 
> 
> Would it make sense to or is it planned that the output routines will 
> be installable or selectable at runtime (maybe via the map file) so 
> for applications that need the performance but can live with GD 1.x 
> image quality can get it, while other apps can get the features they 
> need?

Steve,

GD 1.x vs. GD 2.x cannot be selected at runtime as things are currently
setup because there is one "gd" interface with a few compile time
differences between 1.x and 2.x.

> Shouldn't it be possible to have output drivers for GD 1.x, GD 2.x, 
> ImageMagick, Postscript, Flash, etc. Assuming that someone implements 
> each of them.

It *is* possible to have GD, Flash, GDAL and potentially other output
mechanisms all compiled in and selected at runtime.  The IMAGETYPE directive
directive selects which is used in a particular run.

Best regards,
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