MIGRATION_GUIDE.TXT

Stephen Woodbridge woodbri at SWOODBRIDGE.COM
Sun Jun 24 10:39:05 EDT 2007


I think we need to clarify this point.

> ----------------------------------------------------
> Styling/Symbolgy changes
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Prior to MapsServer 5.0, if a pixmap symbol was used in style on a Line
> Layer, the symbol was used as a brush to draw the line. In MapServer 5.0,
> it is possible to draw the pixmap symbol along the line (Note that this
> was available using a true type symbol). To achieve  this, the user needs
> to use the parameter GAP with it's pixmap symbol definition in the symbol
> file. The GAP represents the distance between the symbols. If the GAP is not
> given, the pixmap symbol will be used as a brush.

With true type symbols you can specify negative values for GAP to cause 
the symbol to align with the line segment. Is this also supported for 
pixmap symbols? This should be made explicit in here.

-Steve W



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