mapserver support for sld-opacity fills

[lars lingner]

Yewondwossen Assefa wrote:
> 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

Thank you for this info. Good to know that this topic is on the table. 
Is there a chance to estimate the effort to get SLD opacity support in MS?
I really don`t want to put pressure on anybody, but I have to estimate 
how the chances are whether this feature will be available in the next 3 
month, 12 month or even later.

Based on this answer I'll have to schedule some tasks and think about 
how can I help to get this feature work.

lars

> 
> 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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