[Geoserver-devel] [jira] Created: (GEOS-1316) Add an extra parameter to allow using minimal palettes when there is translucent symbolizers and the user can guarantee features do not overlap

Add an extra parameter to allow using minimal palettes when there is translucent symbolizers and the user can guarantee features do not overlap
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                 Key: GEOS-1316
                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-1316
             Project: GeoServer
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: WMS
    Affects Versions: 1.6.0-beta2
            Reporter: Andrea Aime
            Assignee: Andrea Aime
            Priority: Minor
             Fix For: 1.6.x

Currently adding "format_options=antialias:none" allows GeoServer to inspect the SLD and try to figure out an optimal palette from it. This algorithm is both fast, accurate and ensures minimal palette size (thus the eventual use of png with 1, 2 or 4 bits per pixel), but also gives up if there is a single symbolizer using translucency (opaque < 1).
This is because if features do overlap translucency generates new colors that weren't declared in the SLD.
If the user can guarantee, by providing an extra parameter, that no overlap occurs in features, then we could keep fast and small pngs even with translucent colors. The request could look like "http://…&request=GetMap&...&format_options=antialias:none,overlap:none"

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