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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks Bobb, but I believe this will only
work for LINE layers (linear features)?</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I need the symbol to follow the boundary
of a polygon, hence the reason for creating the symbol.</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Bob Basques
[mailto:bob.b@gritechnologies.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
 Tahoma;color:windowtext'>Wednesday, 28 October 2009</span></font><font size=2
color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma;color:windowtext'> </span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
 lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext'>7:36
 AM</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2
 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
 Tahoma;color:windowtext'>Todd Harris</span></font><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [mapserver-users] FW:
Character symbology to follow line direction</span></font></p>

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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>You can do this within a
LABEL block, see here for more info:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://mapserver.org/mapfile/label.html?highlight=follow%20auto">http://mapserver.org/mapfile/label.html?highlight=follow%20auto</a><br>
<br>
HINT: use &quot;ANGLE auto&quot; or &quot;ANGLE follow&quot;<br>
<br>
bobb<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Todd Harris wrote: </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hello list,</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A little problem, I
hope someone can help.</span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Using Mapserver 5.2
- I am attempting to use a character symbol: &#8220;|&#8221; as a STYLE for the
outline of a polygon class. However, I cannot get the symbol to remain
perpendicular to the polygon boundaries ie: the symbol is always vertical. Can
this be done or should I be using a vector or point symbol somehow?</span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Symbol
file:</span></font></i></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SYMBOL</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; NAME
&quot;rawmat&quot;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; TYPE
truetype</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; FONT arial</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; CHARACTER
&quot;|&quot;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp; GAP 20 #
distance between symbols</span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>END</span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><i><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Mapfile</span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>CLASS</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
NAME 'Extraction Areas'</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
STYLE</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0</span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
WIDTH 1</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
ANTIALIAS TRUE</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
END #STYLE</span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
STYLE</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
SYMBOL 'rawmat'</span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
SIZE 5</span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
ANTIALIAS TRUE</span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
END #STYLE</span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>END #CLASS</span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Regards</span></font></p>

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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Todd</span></font></p>

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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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