<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div class="plainMail"><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users" target="_blank"></a>looks to me like the 'base point' around which the symbol is defined in terms<br>of x-y position, and therefore around which the thing will rotate -- is to the lower-left of the visible exclamation mark:<br><br> #<br> #<br> #<br><br> #<br>x << rotates around this<br><br>while you really want something like:<br><br> #<br> #<br> # << rotates around this point<br><br> #<br><br>I'm guessing this is the normal case for most ttf's? Can you
find or create a ttf char that is defined like the second case? Otherwise probably need to use a bitmap or just block out what you need with mapserver vector symbology<br><br>Robert<br>======================================================<br>original msg<br>======================================================<br>Hi list,<br><br>hopefully someone can explain the following issue to me.<br><br>I am using a vector symbol (ttf), and when using no angle, it is<br>positioned correctly.<br><br>However, when I use ANGLE on the STYLE (using an attribute in the<br>dataset), things get weird and the symbol position changes.<br><br>Image brous4.png (no rotation in Mapserver, red exclamation marks are<br>Mapserver, black exclamation marks are ArcMap, blue dot is the same<br>Mapserver layer using a circle symbol to display the location):<br><br><a href="http://www.osgis.nl/download/mapserver/brous4.png"
target="_blank">http://www.osgis.nl/download/mapserver/brous4.png</a><br><br>Image brous3.png, now we rotate the symbols in Mapserver, but their<br>location is moving (a simple OFFSET does not seem to be a possible<br>solution however):<br><br><a href="http://www.osgis.nl/download/mapserver/brous3.png" target="_blank">http://www.osgis.nl/download/mapserver/brous3.png</a><br><br>TIA for any guidance.<br><br>Best regards,<br>Bart</div><br></td></tr></table>