[Mapserver-dev] Re: Rendering engine enhancements

[Arnulf Christl]

Steve Lime wrote:

>Frank had talked about creating a special symbol type called 'hatch'
>and
>dealing with it that way. It would be analogous to TYPE PIXMAP. Bigger
>problem is getting the angle from the database, not hard just impacts a
>lot
>of time. 
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We could put the angle into the database as a value (and don't bother 
about reprojection). I just learned that the inclination of the hatching 
has to be 45 deg relative to the longest(!) side of the building. I then 
asked them what to do about round buildings - they are still thinking...

>I can think about time estimates once I'm back from vacation 
>next week.
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Thats OK. We got some more responses to our request, but all offlist.

>Steve
>
>BTW I am working on the GEOS stuff. Haven't committed anything to 4.3
>yet but hopefully soon.
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Thats great, we are making more and more heavy use of it.

Arnulf.