[mapserver-dev] Add support for bitmap patterns

[Lime, Steve D (DNR)]

I agree with Thomas on all points. Neat addition...

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From: mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of thomas bonfort
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 8:20 AM
To: Tamas Szekeres
Cc: mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [mapserver-dev] Add support for bitmap patterns

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Tamas Szekeres <szekerest at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2012/10/1 thomas bonfort <thomas.bonfort at gmail.com>
>>
>> Tamas,
>> Nice addition, it seems like the best thing to do if you need to 
>> support those kind of symbols. I would favor a new BITMAP type symbol 
>> rather than hacking the IMAGE in pixmap symbols, what do you think?
>>
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>
> Seems to require a bit more coding work, but that seems to be 
> beneficial I think.
agreed
> However I'm a bit uncertain about the most reasonable naming here. 
> Having PIXMAP and BITMAP in parallel may cause some confusion. I would 
> somewhat think BITMAP would be better for the current behaviour (using 
> file based
> images) and PIXMAP for the proposed new solution (patterns). But this 
> would break backwards compatibility.
For me a bitmap is clearly a binary map, so I have no problem (and even favor) using BITMAP for this new type of symbol.

> Defining patterns in the IMAGE sections seems reasonable to me however.
yes, agreed.

>
> Would this addition apply for a new RFC to have?
I would say yes, if not only to document the feature and give examples of how it can be used.

cheers,
thomas

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> Best regards,
>
> Tamas
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