[mapserver-users] Re: Transparent outline

Sidnei de Souza sidnei at cria.org.br
Wed Jul 31 16:01:07 EDT 2002


I think what is really happening is that MapServer is drawing the
polygons always with outline.

If I specify "outlinecolor -1 -1 -1" or don't specify outlinecolor at
all, it draws the outline with the same color used to fill the polygon.

We tested the same layer on ArcView and if we ask ArcView to use
outlinecolor = fill color, the result is the same as MapServer. If we
ask ArcView not to use outline, the result is equal to MapObjects.

Any new ideas on this? Please!
:-) sidnei

Jonathan Byron wrote:

> Your images are strikingly like some of the image pairs I have seen
> when comparing classification methods or criteria. Can you be certain
> that the two programs are selecting the exact same set of objects??
> This seems to be something other than a visualization problem.  (ref:
> http://sinbiota.cria.org.br/demo/).
>
> Jonathan Byron
>
> Sidnei de Souza wrote:
>
>> Sorry, Ed, but it still does not work as we expected.
>>
>> We are trying to migrate from MapObjects to MapServer as it seems to
>> be a great option!
>>
>> We managed to transfer almost all our application but we are facing
>> a problem (probably with outiline of the polygons).
>>
>> Could anyone give a look at
>>
>>                  http://sinbiota.cria.org.br/demo
>>
>> to check what we are talking about?
>>
>> Any ideas would be very appreciated!!!
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>>
>> Ed McNierney wrote:
>>
>>
>> > Sidnei -
>> >
>> > I assume you mean that you want the polygons to have NO outline,
>> > correct?  Don't use the OUTLINECOLOR statement at all - just don't
>> > specify an outline color, and you won't get one.
>> >
>> >         - Ed
>> >
>> > Ed McNierney
>> > President and Chief Mapmaker
>> > TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
>> > 73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
>> > North Chelmsford, MA  01863
>> > ed at topozone.com
>> > (978) 251-4242
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Sidnei de Souza [mailto:sidnei at cria.org.br]
>> > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 2:58 PM
>> > To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
>> > Subject: [mapserver-users] Transparent outline
>> >
>> > Perhaps someone can help.
>> > We are having problems setting the outline of polygons to
>> > transparent.
>> > Trying "outlinecolor -1 -1 -1" seems to set the outline to the same
>> > coloor used to fill the polygon.
>> >
>> > Yes... we are new on this! Sorry if it's a stupid question...
>> > tks
>> > sidnei
>> >
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