[gdal-dev] How use an SVG in the OGR Feature Styles

[Andrea Peri]

Hi Even many thx for your explaination.

I try it.



2014-07-17 21:13 GMT+02:00 Even Rouault <even.rouault at mines-paris.org>:
> Le jeudi 17 juillet 2014 15:25:31, Andrea Peri a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm studyng the specs for
>> OGR Feature Style.
>>
>> available at http://www.gdal.org/ogr_feature_style.html
>>
>> Our goal is to try to use it with mapserver just now and in the future on
>> QGIS.
>>
>> In that spec, in the BRUSH Tool parameters section
>> and also in the Symbol tool section,
>>
>> I read about the option to define any vector symbol and is cited as
>> example the WMF or bitmap image.
>>
>> I like to know if is usable instead of a WMF an SVG symbol definition.
>>
>> And if yes , if there is any example of how to set an SVG file inside
>> the Brush or Symbol Tool section.
>
> Andrea,
>
> I believe you could use any symbol id like "foo" in the OGR feature style
> string, and if you make sure that in your mapfile a matching "foo" symbol
> exists and points to a SVG file (see Note 3 in "Important notes" of
> http://mapserver.org/input/vector/ogr.html#styleitem-auto-rendering-layers-
> using-style-information-from-the-ogr-file )
>
> symbol
>   name "foo"
>   type svg
>   image "/path/to/some.svg"
> end
>
> OGR only passes a string to the using application (MapServer in that
> instance). It is up to the application to decide what to make with that
> string.
>
> Even
>
>>
>> Thx,
>
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