[Mapserver-users] masking

[Randy James]

Hi

If you have your querymap setup you can query the polygon
and have the query as selected.

  # 2 querymap selected
  querymap
    color 255 255 168
    size 740 740
    status on
    style selected
  end

Cheers
--- "Aaron D. Hunt" <hunt at zedxinc.com> wrote:
> I have a national raster weather map. I want to make
> state maps( using a
> state shape file) with the rest of the us blocked out. Is
> there a way to
> tell mapserver to show data only on the one polygon and
> nothing else?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Norman Vine" <nhv at cape.com>
> To: <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 2:37 PM
> Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] masking
> 
> 
> > Aaron D. Hunt  writes:
> >
> > > Is there anyway to make a mask in mapserver?
> > > I need to block out anything outside of a polygon.
> >
> > Not really sure what you are asking but you can draw
> > a *large" polygon in the desired background color as
> > the topmost layer with a 'tranparent' polygon cutout
> for
> > the area you want the map rendered in
> >
> > Or you can use mapscript to modify the image
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Norman
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