Multiple point symbols

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Then I would make the point symbol an image and be done with it. That 
should work fine for mapserver.

-Steve

Bob Basques wrote:
> Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
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>> OK, so why not make them images.
>>
>> The problem I see in general with this plan is that as you zoom in on 
>> them the number of pixels between your regularly spaced points 
>> increases. So you will always be dealing with issues of scaling things 
>> and I don't think you will get it to look right.
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> Actually, they stay constant. they use pixel coordinates to display by.  
> The symbols are always the same size no matter the zoom level.  The 
> gridding is applied to the image pixel coordinates, not the MapServer 
> coordinate space.
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> Can you convert your grid points into polygons and do a polygon fill?
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> Would add a lot of complication and excess data to the process, I only 
> need to track the center point right now for example.  It really needs 
> to be a symbol, as the grid of points is generated dynamically.
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> bobb
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