mapserver support for sld-opacity fills

[Yewondwossen Assefa]

Hi There,

  Tranparency is currently supported only at layer level as opposed to 
class/style level. This is one of the features that could make it for 
the 5.0 release 
(http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/release_plans/mapserver_5_0/)
We could then upgrade the sld to support read/write of the opacity 
parameter.

Best Regards

lars lingner wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> as I saw on the Mapserver SLD Howto 
> (http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/sldhowto/) there is no support 
> for opacity by mapserver.
> 
> How is the planning to implement support for opacity? Is there a plan to 
> support this? I searched the mapserver-users and -dev mailing lists, but 
> I couldn't find any infos to this topic.
> 
> What is the reason for no support? Is it because nobody tried it or is 
> it too time consuming and has therefore an low priority? Or is it 
> difficult to implement or even impossible at the current stage of 
> mapserver code?
> Are there any unreachable limits like library dependencies or necessary 
> architecture changes?
> 
> The thing is, I could really use this feature and now I'm thinking about 
> how I could get it.
> If its a strait forward programming task I will check if I could do it. 
> Therefore it would be nice to know the estimated time for implementation.
> 
> I'll appreciate any replies. If there was already an discussion about 
> this, then point me to it please.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> 
> lars
> 


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