[Mapserver-users] XML Mapfile

[Sean Gillies]

I agree with Paul.  SLD could be a good match for your app.  In the 4.2 
release
the layerObj has generateSLD and applySLD methods.  Think of it as a 
stylesheet
for your layer.

BTW -- Paul, it would make it so much easier to make sense of these 
threads if
you would follow suit on bottom-posting vs top-posting.  I don't think 
one is
necessarily better than the other, but since you replied to a thread in 
which I had
already started bottom-posting, you should follow suit.  For the 
benefit of future
readers in the archive.  Just my $.02.

cheers,
Sean

On May 28, 2004, at 10:59 AM, Paul Spencer wrote:

> this would be WMS and SLD.  The limitation would be that MapServer SLD 
> support does not fully describe all the styling options available to a 
> normal MapServer layer.
>
> I think I see where you are going with this, I just don't think it is 
> a good idea to invent yet another way of doing this if you already 
> have a mechanism in place that could do it with only minor 
> modifications.
>
> The concept is good, but it doesn't need to be something new since 
> this problem has already been solved.  Unless there is some technical 
> reason why WMS/SLD wouldn't serve this purpose?
>
> Paul
>