[mapserver-dev] ms rfc 48: adding a type keyword to the style block

[thomas bonfort]

Steve,

I don't think the enhancements of that ticket belong to this RFC, as
it doesn't treat labelling at all.
On the other hand, I think these ideas are very well suited for rfc45,
which is still a draft. I've added a link in there to your bugreport
so we keep it in mind, but feel free to go add details (the working
copy is in svn, not the mapserver website)

I'll add the sections on mapscript and documentation shortly, thanks
for pointing it out.

cheers,
thomas

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 21:44, Stephen Woodbridge
<woodbri at swoodbridge.com> wrote:
> thomas bonfort wrote:
>>
>> hi devs,
>>
>> RFC48 is Steve's idea about adding a type keyword to style blocks,
>> that modifies how mapserver treats the underlying geometry. It can be
>> used to draw arrowheads, bboxes, centroids and later on maybe
>> convexhulls or buffers.
>>
>> I've committed a first draft of it here:
>> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/trunk/mapserver/rfc/ms-rfc-48.txt
>>
>> Could those of you having an interest in vector rendering have a look
>> and comment ?
>> Any other ideas on the usage of the keyword welcome !
>
> Thomas,
>
> Can you look over this ticket:
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/1592
>
> It seems that your ideas for this RFC could easily be extended to support
> these labeling requirements. While it may be outside the actual scope of
> what you need to accomplish in the short term. You might want to comment on
> this ticket in the rfc, and talk about how it may/may not support these
> labeling enhancements.
>
> I think you probably need a section in the rfc "MapScript Considerations"
> that addresses PHP and SWIG mapscript versions. And a "Documentation"
> section that will be filled out post implementation to help the doc team.
>
> Otherwise it is a good start, your technical plan seems good, and I think it
> will be great additional functionality.
>
> -Steve W
>