[mapserver-dev] Improved support for (styled) dashed lines in Mapserver - RFC?

[Havard Tveite]

The document is now on the wiki:

http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/raw-attachment/wiki/Suggestions-Enhancements/dashed-lines-rfc.pdf

(page http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/Suggestions-Enhancements)

Comments, please!

Håvard

On 9/29/2011 5:20 AM, Steve Lime wrote:
> Sorry for the delay in responding (been away from email)... I'd start
> by posting the document you developed to the MapServer wiki and
> sharing that. From there an RFC could be built...
>
> Steve
>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 3:49 AM, Havard Tveite<havard.tveite at umb.no>  wrote:
>> Dear Mapserver developers,
>>
>> A recent thread ("Abandoned railroad symbol") on the
>> mapserver-users mailing list has given me a reason for
>> bringing up the (lack of) support for styled dashed lines in
>> Mapserver.
>>
>> I have prepared a one page document that could be made into
>> an RFC, if needed.
>>
>> In the document, it is argued that a new STYLE parameter
>> INITIALGAP is needed (ticket #3879), and that STYLE->  GAP
>> must specify the centre to centre distance between the
>> symbols (ticket #3867).
>>
>> How to proceed?
>>
>>
>> Håvard Tveite
>>
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