[mapserver-users] tips to draw a symbol‏

[Havard Tveite]

Creating vector symbols:
Unless you have a formulae, you will have to measure.

In 6.2, precise placement of symbols is easy using SYMBOL
ANCHORPOINT.  It is therefore possible to split a complex
symbol into more manageable parts (for instance some parts
using lines and some parts using polygons), and then combine
them using STYLEs.

Håvard

On 2/26/2013 10:21 AM, Gery wrote:
> Hello Håvard,
>
> Thanks for your answer, I tested yesterday in my 5.6 version and it also works well, the problem is that after changing the values during many hours I couldn't set properly the right value to get that "opened v", so I think just doing random changes here and there won't help me to draw well this figure. I was thinking about some tips to draw this image, I think first I should take a piece of paper and draw this image and then take the measurements from it, is this the right, easy way to do it? those values in v-poly were calculated in this way?
>
> Gery
>
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> Dear Gary,
>
> The v-poly symbol should be OK (I just tested it with
> 6.2 and 5.6.6).  If you want an open V, you should
> use only outlinecolor:
>
>         STYLE
>           SYMBOL "v-poly"
>           SIZE 30
>           OUTLINECOLOR 0 255 0
>         END # STYLE
>
> Håvard
>
> On 2/26/2013 12:36 AM, Gery wrote:
>
>  > Hello folks,
>  >
>  > I've been trying to draw the attached image but with no luck, I've used
>  > "v-poly" from http://mapserver.org/mapfile/symbology/construction.html but
>  > couldn't get the opened "v" effect, could anyone please provide some tips to
>  > draw such image? I'll appreciate it, thanks in advance.
>  >
>  > Regards,
>  >
>  > Gery
>  >
>  >
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Håvard Tveite
Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, UMB
Drøbakveien 31, POBox 5003, N-1432 Ås, NORWAY
Phone: +47 64965483 Fax: +47 64965401 http://www.umb.no/imt/